To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
The word "manipulate" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when you want to refer to someone or something that has been deliberately changed or managed to suit a purpose. For example: "The politician manipulated the public's opinion of her by making false promises during her campaign.".
While some staff members had said they felt pressured to manipulate data, the report said there had been no systematic culture of bullying.
Mostly unemployed, poor and disenchanted by corrupt governments, Somali youths are relatively easy to manipulate.
Ronaldo had blasted a fifth-minute free-kick into the wall but, with Toni Kroos and Isco to the fore, the defending champions began to manipulate the ball with purpose.
The boss of Barclays, Bob Diamond, is under mounting pressure after the bank was hit with fines of £290m for its "serious, widespread" role in trying to manipulate the price of crucial interest rates that affect the cost of borrowing for millions of customers around the world.
In both cases they often manipulate their voice or body to mimic them.
Complaining of "black propaganda against the Chilean armed services", British officials tried to manipulate the news.
Related: From Britain to Beijing: how governments manipulate the internet The Guardian spoke to two former employees of the troll enterprise, one of whom was in a department running fake blogs on the social network LiveJournal, and one who was part of a team that spammed municipal chat forums around Russia with pro-Kremlin posts.
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