manipulate
Example Sentences
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The suspect is believed to have manipulated the site's payment system, altering the validation process of an electronic payment platform so that bookings appeared fully paid.
From Barron's
He can’t manipulate his family enough; he’s trying, he brings out all the tools — be funny, be nice, everything — but he doesn’t reach them, and it’s tragic.
From Los Angeles Times
“Absolutely it’s not broke. You manipulate. You have the figures you create.”
From Los Angeles Times
Warner and Vangipuram “manipulated Mobileum’s financial metrics to sell the company at a higher price and, as a result, line their own pockets,” U.S.
Instead of manipulating government for their own narrow interests, the rich can add a distinctively independent-minded, public-spirited and efficacious set of voices to the national debate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
