Bribe and Manipulate

Bribe

Bribe verb - To influence someone with a bribe.

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Manipulate and bribe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Bribe".

Nearby Words: bribery, bribable, bribing, bribed, briber

Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.

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Bribe and manipulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bribe" instead a verb "Manipulate".

character	bribe character	manipulate character
hero	bribe hero	manipulate hero
people	bribe people	manipulate people
men	bribe men	manipulate men
Other words: children, someone, system, way, characters, anyone, everyone.

HeelFace Turn: At the start of the movie, Oskar Schindler is perfectly willing to bribe Nazi officials and manipulate people in order to make money.

Source: Film / Schindler's List
A doctor who has never so much as picked up a firearm before, he was able to bluff, bribe, sneak, and otherwise manipulate his way past top-secret government security in order to rescue his sister.

Source: Guile Hero
See Food as Bribe below Crocodile Tears: Yuzu does this in order to manipulate Yugo into being her man-slave.

Source: Web Video / Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V The Abridged Series

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