Synonyms for manipulate
məˈnɪp yəˌleɪtma·nip·u·late

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1. manipulate, pull strings, pull wiresverb

   influence or control shrewdly or deviously

   "He manipulated public opinion in his favor"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fake

2. manipulateverb

   hold something in one's hands and move it

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fake

3. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresentverb

   tamper, with the purpose of deception

   "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

   Synonyms:
   warp, belie, circumvent, evade, ready, prepare, sidestep, cook, pull wires, fix, forge, manage, make, parry, dodge, finagle, fake, duck, alter, control, hedge, bullshit, put off, bull, talk through one's hat, falsify, distort, garble, counterfeit, pull strings, elude, interpolate, wangle, keep in line, fudge, misrepresent, rig, skirt

4. rig, manipulateverb

   manipulate in a fraudulent manner

   "rig prices"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, set, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, set up, control, fake

5. manipulate, keep in line, controlverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   assure, misrepresent, see, fudge, hold in, fake, pull strings, cook, control, moderate, hold, ensure, wangle, check, pull wires, keep in line, falsify, ascertain, operate, master, rig, see to it, command, insure, curb, verify, contain

6. manipulateverb

   treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fake

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1. • Cheat
   • Handle
   • Price
   • Treat

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1. beguile

   beguile second meaning is cheating

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

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1. manipulateverb

   Synonyms:
   work or operate with the hands

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1. manipulateverb

   Synonyms:
   handle, operate, manage

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1. List of paraphrases for "manipulate":

   handle

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1. Chamath Palihapitiya:

   That’s what we’re dealing with, and imagine taking that to the extreme, where bad actors can now manipulate large swathes of people to do anything you want. It’s just a really, really bad state of affairs.

2. Taya Kyle:

   Bo (is) abusing the name of my late husband, a beloved Son of Texas, and a hero to the nation, in an attempt to manipulate voters.

3. June 7:

   Korean government officials, from the highest level, through to the NPS, an organ of the State, acted to manipulate the vote motivated by bribery, favoritism to the Lee Family, and open hostility toward non-Korean investors.

4. Sean Hendrickson:

   If it does work, his body locks up. I don't know how that helps, if you look at video and how close, she's right inside the open door, at the edge, and those probes won't spread far enough to achieve neuromuscular incapacitation and that's the goal. If you achieved it, he'd be locked up in that seat. It's hard to manipulate him. It's confusing, tactically, what the end goal was with the Taser.

5. Gail Beatty:

   He clearly used his power to manipulate her, i think what we have seen so far is grounds for impeachment.