Force and Manipulate

Force

Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

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

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

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

humanity	force humanity	manipulate humanity
character	force character	manipulate character
hero	force hero	manipulate hero
people	force people	manipulate people
Other words: body, men, children, someone, system, way, characters, world, anyone, player, everyone, son, humans, women, enemies, heroes.

Disturbingly, the game seems to start trying to force or manipulate him into doing quests as the blog goes on.

Source: Blog / Living in Oblivion
Typically when someone has a problem they need help with, they are shown talking to Guinan for advice, who uses her position as bar-tender to full effect (usually using some tough-love to manipulate or force someone to face their problems).

Source: Series / Star Trek: The Next Generation
Then all of a sudden she wants to take part in an expedition that is for more respected students (which she naturally can not take part of) only to manipulate and force the members to take her as part of the membership.

Source: Suetiful All Along

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