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manipulate

v. hold something in one's hands and move it

manipulate

v. treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

rig, manipulate

v. manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"

fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

v. tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

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deceive, lead on, delude, cozen

v. be false to; be dishonest with

juggle, beguile, hoodwink

v. influence by slyness

victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con

v. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

dissemble, pretend, act

v. behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"

perform

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

forge, fake, counterfeit

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

raise, erect, rear, set up, put up

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

manufacture

v. produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"

reenact

v. enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"

imitate

v. make a reproduction or copy of

abuse

v. use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"

sophisticate, doctor, doctor up

v. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

falsify, distort, garble, warp

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

disguise, mask

v. make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"

camouflage

v. disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something; "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"

misrepresent, belie

v. represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question

v. ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

submit, subject

v. refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"

present, submit

v. hand over formally

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