Words similar to manipulative

Example sentences for: manipulative

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Regulation M is intended to preclude manipulative conduct by persons with an interest in the outcome of an offering.
The little identifying cards psychologist Gordon sets beside each item display an impressive mastery of the manipulative arts.
On its most basic level, October Sky is a square, inspirational "go for it" picture, but it's agreeably guileless for such a manipulative genre.
Rorty has no truck with campus PC and is by all reports a humane, thoughtful, and decent man, not the kind of self-promoter or manipulative careerist Brooks posits.
Critics call this tear-jerker manipulative and trite, deriding its mandatory sing-along-to-Motown-hits female bonding scene, stiff-upper-lipping by Sarandon, etc.