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manipulate   (TTS Sound)

The verb manipulate has 6 senses

• manipulate, pull strings, pull wires -- (influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor")


• manipulate -- (hold something in one's hands and move it)


• fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent -- (tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data")


• rig, manipulate -- (manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices")


• manipulate, keep in line, control -- (control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line")


• manipulate -- (treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed)