manipulate

Verb

• treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

• 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
    

• manipulate in a fraudulent manner
  • rig prices
    

• tamper, with the purpose of deception
  • Fudge the figures
    
  • cook the books
    
  • falsify the data
    

• hold something in one's hands and move it

• influence or control shrewdly or deviously
  • He manipulated public opinion in his favor
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  keep in line , control , rig , fudge , fake , falsify , cook , wangle , misrepresent , pull strings , pull wires