Manipulative
Manipulative adjective - Skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage.
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Selfish and manipulative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selfish" instead an adjective "Manipulative".
Selfish
Selfish adjective - Overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests.
Manipulative and selfish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulative" instead an adjective "Selfish".
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Lucious and Cookie try to be this at times for their own manipulative/selfish reasons.
Source: Series / Empire - It doesn't help that in the manga and some of the "bad" game endings, Sekai is seen as selfish and manipulative, instead of an impulsive and confused teen.
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Said half-brother genuinely cares about Vin, but he's a cynical, abusive Jerkass who hammers into her head the idea that she can't trust anyone because everybody is selfish and manipulative.
Source: Dark and Troubled Past
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