Legal Definition manipulate transitive verb ma· nip· u· late mə-ˈni-pyə-ˌlāt manipulated; manipulating : to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose

MANIPULATING definition: 1. present participle of manipulate 2. to control something or someone to your advantage, often…. Learn more.

MANIPULATE definition: to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner. See examples of manipulate used in a sentence.

1. to manage or influence skillfully and often unfairly: to manipulate people's feelings. 2. to handle or use, esp. with skill: to manipulate a large tractor. 3. to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit …

If you say that someone manipulates people, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to do what they want. He is a very difficult character. He manipulates people. …

Definition of manipulate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. (disapproving) to control or influence someone or something, often in a dishonest way so that they do not realize it manipulate …

to manage or influence skillfully, esp. in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings. to handle, manage, or use, esp. with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large …

To manipulate something means to handle it skillfully, like the way a sculptor manipulates clay or a really good politician works a crowd.

It can be used to refer to the act of influencing or controlling someone or something in a clever or unscrupulous way. For example: "The politician was accused of manipulating the public opinion to …

The program was designed to organize and manipulate large amounts of data. He's always been good at manipulating numbers in his head. As part of the experiment, students manipulated light and …