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. Francois Souchet:

   With blockchain it is impossible to manipulate the results, ellen MacArthur Foundation provides all actors across the supply chain with certainty that the information is true.

2. Lorenzo Diaz-Mataix:

   Our results not only show that we are able to artificially manipulate memory, but also that this manipulation is correlated with long-lasting changes in the brain, basic findings like this one will potentially help to understand and treat many psychiatric conditions that share aberrant memory processing.

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. White House:

   President Biden ’ll use Georgia as an example, highlighting that after Georgians decisively voted for new leadership in 2020, Republicans in the legislature decided that they could not win on the merits of their ideas and instead passed a voter suppression law that targeted mail-in voting, limited precincts in areas that did n’t vote the way they wanted, and empowered partisans in the state legislature to manipulate local boards of election.

5. Republican Sen. John Thune:

   Any attempt by a neutral and inclusive social media platform to censor or manipulate political discussion is an abuse of trust and inconsistent with the values of an open internet.