manipulate

1 influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor" [syn: pull strings, pull wires]

2 hold something in one's hands and move it

3 fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent]

4 manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" [syn: rig]

5 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" [syn: keep in line, control]

6 treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

English

Pronunciation

• /məˈnɪpjʊleɪt/, /m@"nIpjUleIt/

Verb

1. To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
2. To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something to one’s own advantage
3. To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

Related terms

• manipulation

Translations

• Arabic: يتحكم
• Norwegian: manipulere
• Polish: manipulować
• Portuguese: manipular
• Spanish: manipular
• Swedish: manipulera
• Dutch: manipuleren

In general, manipulation is a human activity dealing with physical states of objects, or mental states of persons. The goal of manipulation is either not clear, or incomprehensible or morally/legally unacceptable.

In particular, the word manipulation can refer to:

• Joint manipulation
• Social influence
• Sleight of hand tricks in magic.
• Confidence trick

In finance:

• Stock manipulation

See also

• Abuse
• Advertising
• Brainwashing
• Charisma
• Fraud
• Indoctrination
• Love bombing
• Machiavellianism
• Manipulator (The Fall of Troy album)
• Media manipulation
• Mind control
• Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
• Photo manipulation
• Propaganda
• Puppeteer
• Social engineering
• Social psychology

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