manipulate
verb
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treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
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hold something in one's hands and move it
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control others or oneself, or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage“They try to manipulate their employer.”control
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manipulate in a fraudulent mannerrig
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influence or control shrewdly or deviously“They manipulated public opinion in their favor.”pull stringspull wires
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tamper, with the purpose of deceptionfake