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Exact Match:

manipulate

treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

hold something in one's hands and move it

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"

influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor"

Synonyms:

• abuse,
• adulterate,
• angle,
• barnstorm,
• be responsible for,
• beguile,
• bleed,
• bleed white,
• call the signals,
• captain,
• carry on,
• carry out,
• carry through,
• choreograph,
• come in contact,
• command,
• conduct,
• contrive,
• control,
• cook,
• copilot,
• deal with,
• direct,
• dispense,
• do with,
• doctor,
• drain,
• drive,
• employ,
• engineer,
• exercise,
• exert,
• exploit,
• fake,
• falsify,
• feel,
• feel of,
• fiddle,
• finagle,
• finesse,
• finger,
• flick,
• fly,
• gerrymander,
• govern,
• handle,
• head,
• head up,
• ill-use,
• impose upon,
• influence,
• intrigue,
• jockey,
• juggle,
• lead,
• lead on,
• load,
• machinate,
• make go,
• make the rules,
• make use of,
• manage,
• maneuver,
• mastermind,
• milk,
• misuse,
• negotiate,
• officer,
• operate,
• orchestrate,
• order,
• pack,
• palm,
• palpate,
• paw,
• peel off,
• perform on,
• pilot,
• plant,
• play,
• play games,
• play on,
• plot,
• ply,
• poke at,
• practice,
• prescribe,
• presume upon,
• prod,
• pull strings,
• pull the strings,
• quarterback,
• regulate,
• retouch,
• rig,
• run,
• salt,
• scheme,
• see to,
• skipper,
• solo,
• sophisticate,
• stack,
• steer,
• stroke,
• suck dry,
• swing,
• take advantage of,
• take care of,
• take command,
• take the lead,
• tamper with,
• tap,
• thumb,
• touch,
• twiddle,
• use,
• use ill,
• utilize,
• wangle,
• wield,
• work,
• work on,
• work upon