To manipulate is to control or to use someone or something in order to achieve a desired outcome. Sometimes people use the word to describe the act of lying or deceiving someone.
He manipulated the data to make it look better.
The politician is manipulating the public with his lies.
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tamper, with the purpose of deception
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influence or control shrewdly or deviously
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maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
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manipulate in a fraudulent manner
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hold something in one's hands and move it
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treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
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The path is controlled by the coordinated motion of the manipulator joints.
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He is seductive and manipulative, and has the wind at his control.
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Are the images purposefully manipulative
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Is tweaking and manipulating the same
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He is seductive and manipulative.
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The actors manipulate the audience.
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The unattached child is manipulative.
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They see the unfairness and the manipulation.
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This is manipulative and abusive to the extreme.
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Many cultivators manipulate the environment.