Manipulate
Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.
Usage example: the con man would slyly manipulate the emotions of his marks in order to win their sympathy and trust
Swindle and manipulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swindle" instead a verb "Manipulate".
Swindle
Swindle verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Manipulate and swindle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Swindle".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Neil La Bute's In the Company of Men portrays two He-Man Woman Hater office workers who curse, swindle and manipulate their way through the movie, with most of the story revolving around their romancing and dumping a female coworker to prove that they can.
Source: No Such Thing as H.R.
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Swindle and Manipulate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/manipulate/swindle
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