Manipulation is an act of coercion, an intent to control. To handle skillfully or shrewdly, often in an unfair way. A classic visual example is an actual puppet; the hands of the manipulator pull ...

Chronic manipulators have one goal in mind: to get their way. To meet that goal, they will use, cajole, and mistreat anyone who stands in their way. Most of the time, those tactics garner them the win ...