12 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
adjective skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage
originEtymology tree English manipulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English manipulative From manipulate + -ive.
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