Another Word For MANIPULATION

handling

Noun : A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

Noun : (obsolete) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.

Noun : (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.

use

Noun : The act of using.

Noun : (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

Noun : (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.

exploitation

Noun : The act of utilizing something; industry.

Noun : The improper use of something for selfish purposes.

Noun : The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.

falsification

Noun : The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

Noun : A knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation.

Noun : The act of showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.

fraud

Noun : (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Noun : Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

Noun : The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

ploy

Noun : A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

Noun : (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.

Noun : (obsolete) Employment.

cheating

Noun : An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

Noun : (cinematography) The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.

tampering

Noun : The act of one who tampers.

control

Noun : (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.

Noun : The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.

Noun : Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.

interference

Noun : The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

Noun : (sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.

Noun : (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.

intervention

Noun : The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.

Noun : (US, law) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.

Noun : An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.

diktat

Noun : a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor

Noun : a dogmatic decree or command, especially issued by one who rules without popular consent

maneuvering

Noun : (US, gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers

manoeuvring

Noun : A manoeuvre.

fabrication

Noun : (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

Noun : (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.

Noun : (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.

operation

Noun : (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.

Noun : (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.

Noun : (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

fiddling

Noun : action of the verb to fiddle

modification

Noun : (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.

Noun : (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm)

Noun : The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.

dealing

Noun : (chiefly in the plural) A business transaction.

Noun : One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.

handle

Noun : The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

Noun : An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.

Noun : (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.

processing

Noun : The action of the verb to process.

Noun : The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.

Noun : The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.

misuse

Noun : An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.

maneuver

Noun : (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

Noun : Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.

Noun : A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.

engineering

Noun : (uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

Noun : The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.

Noun : Actions controling the motion, shape, or substance of any physical object(s).

manoeuvre

Noun : UK, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.

modulation

Noun : (uncountable) Modification or regulation of something to achieve an appropriate measure or proportion; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun : (art, uncountable) Variation (especially softening or toning down) of brightness, form, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun : (biology, uncountable) Variation in the activity or form of a cell in response to changes in the environment; (countable) an instance of this.

treatment

Noun : The process or manner of treating someone or something.

Noun : Medical care for an illness or injury.

Noun : The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.

forgery

Noun : The act of forging metal into shape.

Noun : The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

Noun : That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

malpractice

Noun : The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.

Noun : (tort law) Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.

spin

Noun : Rapid circular motion.

Noun : A state of confusion or disorientation.

Noun : (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

rigging

Noun : Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.

Noun : Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.

scheming

Adjective : (derogatory) Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots.

Noun : The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.

jockeying

Noun : The act of one who jockeys.

orchestration

Noun : (uncountable, music) The arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.

Noun : (countable, music) A composition that has been orchestrated.

Noun : (uncountable, by extension) The control of diverse elements.

machination

Noun : A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.

Noun : The act of machinating or plotting.

contrivance

Noun : A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task; contraption.

Noun : A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

Noun : Something overly artful or artificial.

management

Noun : (uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.

Noun : The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.

Noun : (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

steering

Noun : Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer.

influence

Noun : The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

Noun : An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.

Noun : A person or thing exerting such power or action.

puppetry

Noun : (uncountable) The art of making, and performing with puppets

Noun : (countable) The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance

Noun : (obsolete) finery; affectation

direction

Noun : A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

Noun : A general trend for future action.

Noun : Guidance, instruction.

shaping

Noun : The action of the verb to shape.

Noun : (psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.

Noun : The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.

finagling

Noun : The act of cheating or swindling.

manipulatory

Adjective : Of or pertaining to manipulation.

manipulators

Noun : A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.

Noun : A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.

deception

Noun : An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

trickery

Noun : (uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.

Noun : (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.

Noun : (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.

subterfuge

Noun : (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics.

Noun : (uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.

deceit

Noun : An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

Noun : An act of deceiving someone.

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.

misdirection

Noun : An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.

Noun : (UK, law) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.

obfuscation

Noun : (uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.

Noun : (computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.

Noun : (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.

coercion

Noun : (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

Noun : (law, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.

Noun : (countable) A specific instance of coercing.

seduction

Noun : The act of seducing.

Noun : (dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.

Noun : (usually in the plural) A seductive aspect of something; appeal.

brainwashing

Noun : Alternative spelling of brain-washing [A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture.]

duplicity

Noun : Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

Noun : The quality of being double or twofold.

collusion

Noun : A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.

Noun : A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

transference

Noun : The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.

Noun : (psychology, psychiatry) The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.

manipulability

Noun : The condition of being manipulable.

alteration

Noun : The act of altering or making different.

Noun : A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.

Noun : The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.

blackmail

Noun : The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

Noun : (by extension) Compromising material that can be used to extort someone.

Noun : (BDSM) A type of roleplay where the submissive shares information that may be extorted by the dominant.

minimalization

Noun : Minimization.

Noun : The act of pursuing minimalism.

suppression

Noun : The act or instance of suppressing.

Noun : The state of being suppressed.

Noun : (psychology) A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

coersion

Noun : Misspelling of coercion. [(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.]

distortion

Noun : An act of distorting.

Noun : A result of distorting.

Noun : A misrepresentation of the truth.

intimidation

Noun : The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.

dissemblance

Noun : (countable) An act of dissembling.

Noun : (uncountable) Dissembling, as a kind of behavior; dissembling, generally.

Noun : (countable) Dissimilarity, unlikeness.

misrepresentation

Noun : Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.

Noun : Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.

Noun : (cartography) Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.

controlling

Adjective : (chiefly British) Exerting control over a person or thing.

Noun : The act of exerting control.

subversion

Noun : (obsolete) The act of subverting; overturning; flipping from beneath.

Noun : The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement.

Noun : The condition of being subverted.

deceipt

Noun : Obsolete spelling of deceit. [An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.]

subjugation

Noun : The act of subjugating.

Noun : The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

dissemination

Noun : The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

underhandedness

Noun : The characteristic of being underhanded.

surreptitious

Adjective : Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

persuasion

Noun : The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.

Noun : An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.

Noun : (euphemistic) All activity attempting to influence or control others' behavior or profession of beliefs, from convincing to threatening, assault, or battery.

visualization

Noun : The act of visualizing, or something visualized.

Noun : (computing) A visual representation of data.

puppeteering

Noun : The art or trade of a puppeteer.

Noun : The manipulation of a person, event etc.

destruction

Noun : The act of destroying.

Noun : The results of a destructive event.

abuse

Noun : Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

Noun : Misuse; improper use; perversion.

Noun : (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.

destabilization

Noun : The act or process of destabilizing.

interaction

Noun : The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

Noun : A conversation or exchange between people.

transferal

Noun : A transfer.

Noun : The making over of legal title or ownership to another.

disinformation

Noun : False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

Noun : Fabricated or deliberately manipulated content. Intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.

monopolisation

Noun : Alternative spelling of monopolization [The act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized.]

positioning

Noun : The act of positioning; placement.

dishonesty

Noun : (uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.

Noun : (countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.

Noun : (uncountable, obsolete) Shamefulness, disgrace.

domination

Noun : Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.

Noun : The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.

Noun : (Christianity) A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.

instrumentalization

Noun : Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation [(philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.]

extraction

Noun : An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

Noun : Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.

Noun : A person's origin or ancestry.

creation

Noun : (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

Noun : (uncountable) The act of creating something.

Noun : (uncountable) All which exists.

extortion

Noun : The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

skullduggery

Noun : US spelling of skulduggery [(countable) A devious device or trick.]

infiltration

Noun : The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

Noun : (hydrology, soil science) process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.

Noun : The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.

monopolization

Noun : The act of monopolizing or the state of being monopolized.

dissembling

Noun : The action of the verb dissemble

retrieval

Noun : the act of retrieving or something retrieved

Noun : (computing) the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device

Noun : the cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness

chicanery

Noun : (uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

Noun : (countable) An individual act of trickery or deception.

Noun : (uncountable, archaic) The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.

telemanipulation

Noun : The use of telemanipulators.

jiggering

Noun : (US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).

Noun : (US) A measure of 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml) of liquor.

Noun : (US, slang) A drink of whiskey.

corruption

Noun : The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.

Noun : The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

Noun : The product of corruption; putrid matter.

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