Definition of "manoeuvred" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of manoeuvre. (verb)

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• "It was hardly material to be "manoeuvred" into anything!"
• "The Boers, however, took every precaution against such an eventuality; and the result was generally, as stated by the German critics, that the Boers were "manoeuvred" out of their positions."
• "They manoeuvred against the NHS until Nye Bevan "stuffed their mouths with gold", and doctors should not be mistaken for disinterested observers of the service."