haggled

She had haggled from the fruit-man of his rotting ware;

A Few Figs from Thistles 1922

The sailor at the first glance saw that some of the chords encircling it had been cut with a knife, or other sharp instrument, -- not severed with any degree of exactitude, but "haggled," as if the act had been hurriedly performed.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

The Syrians haggled deftly over the terms of the mission but accepted it, then proceeded to manipulate it while using it as cover to continue fighting what they have always insisted is not a peaceful opposition but "armed terrorist gangs."

Syria: UN to hear Arab League proposals - live updates 2012

Someone with less means and more impulse control has to deeply consider each additional occasional table, settee, or portrait haggled for at the Marche aux Puces in Paris St-Ouen de Clignancourt.

Kathryn M. Ireland: Hoarding Versus Collecting Kathryn M. Ireland 2011

We haggled over the detail but his mood had changed dramatically.

Peter Hain: 'Gordon Brown was decent, but dysfunctional' 2012

The mappers haggled over whether Mr. Miller's lines would pass muster with Missouri's Democratic governor, or whether a court would have to settle the matter.

There Comes a Time When People Just Have to Set Boundaries Danny Yadron 2011

Someone with less means and more impulse control has to deeply consider each additional occasional table, settee, or portrait haggled for at the Marche aux Puces in Paris St-Ouen de Clignancourt.

Kathryn M. Ireland: Hoarding Versus Collecting Kathryn M. Ireland 2011

Mr. Romney also remained mostly silent last month as the White House and congressional leaders haggled over an agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling.

Romney, Back on the Trail, Hears Perry Rev His Engine Danny Yadron 2011

Someone with less means and more impulse control has to deeply consider each additional occasional table, settee, or portrait haggled for at the Marche aux Puces in Paris St-Ouen de Clignancourt.

Kathryn M. Ireland: Hoarding Versus Collecting Kathryn M. Ireland 2011

*** G20 Meeting Negotiators from the world's leading economies haggled in Paris over seemingly technical details regarding how to measure global economic imbalances, eventually producing a 53-word sentence intended to appease all sides—and open to interpretation by all sides.

World Watch 2011