Definition of Manipulate
Manipulate
man·ip·u·late
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To influence or control someone or something in a clever or unscrupulous way.
e.g. The politician was accused of trying to manipulate public opinion through misleading ads.
(verb)
to control, operate, or handle in a skillful manner;
e.g. It was easy for her to manipulate paper when making complex origami shapes.
(verb)
to manage or utilize in a skillful manner;
e.g. They ran an algorithm in order to manipulate the data into a simple graph.
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"The most successful exploiters are the ones who make others feel that he or she has their best interests at heart." -- Randall Collins
"There are those whose primary ability is to spin wheels of manipulation. It is their second skin and without these spinning wheels, they simply do not know how to function." -- JoyBell C
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