0 the act of trying to make a profit or get an advantage using clever or complicated methods and often deceiving people or breaking the usual rules:
1 an attempt to make a deal or get an advantage by using complicated and sometimes dishonest or unfair methods:
There was a lot of behind-the-scenes political wheeling and dealing going on.
2 the activity of making clever, complicated, and sometimes dishonest business arrangements:
I'm concerned about all the wheeling and dealing that's going on over here.
The wheeling and dealing continued right up to the deadline.