Usually means: Influencing others for personal gain.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. manipulation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. manipulation: Merriam-Webster
  3. manipulation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. manipulation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. manipulation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. manipulation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Manipulation, manipulation: Wordnik
  8. manipulation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. manipulation: Wiktionary
  10. manipulation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. manipulation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. manipulation: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. manipulation: Dictionary.com
  14. manipulation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. manipulation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Manipulation (film), Manipulation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Manipulation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. manipulation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. manipulation: Rhymezone
  20. Manipulation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. manipulation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. manipulation: FreeDictionary.org
  23. manipulation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. manipulation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. manipulation: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. manipulation: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. Manipulation: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  6. Manipulation: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  7. Manipulation: Inflation Glossary
  8. Manipulation: Investopedia
  9. Glossary of International Trade Terms (No longer online)
  10. Manipulation: Securities Terminology
  11. manipulation: Legal dictionary
  12. Manipulation: Financial dictionary
  13. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. manipulation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. manipulation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. manipulation: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. manipulation: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
noun:  The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
noun:  The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.

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