The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - manipulatev.

1) manage, handle, control, manoeuvre, orchestrate, choreograph, influence, use, exploit, play on, utilize: He knows how to manipulate people to make them do what he wants. 2) handle, control, operate, direct, work, use, employ, negotiate: The controls can be manipulated to make the robot imitate human motion. 3) rig, falsify, juggle, tamper with, doctor, Colloq cook, Chiefly Brit fiddle: He's been manipulating his expense account for years.