Definition of "manipulative" []

• Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate. (adjective)
• Any of various objects designed to be moved or arranged by hand as a means of developing motor skills or understanding abstractions, especially in mathematics. (noun)

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• ""He was described as a manipulative, maybe evil guy whose team sang crazy rock songs," Groff says."
• "These days, as an increasing number of adults are discovering what teenagers have long known: Texting lends itself particularly well to manipulative or, in other words, juvenile behavior."
• "On the other side of the aisle, the Obama re-election campaign has quietly opened a counteroffensive against Republican-backed changes to election laws that Democrats say will suppress votes for their candidates and limit their get-out-the-vote drives, a campaign Republicans are calling manipulative."