[muh-nip-yuh-leyt] 
| 1. | to manage or influence skillfully, esp. in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings. |
| 2. | to handle, manage, or use, esp. with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large tractor. |
| 3. | to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage. |
| 4. | Medicine/Medical. to examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations, or changing the position of a fetus. |
[muh-nip-yuh-ley-tiv, -yuh-luh-tiv] , adjective [muh-nip-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective | ma·nip·u·la·tive (mə-nĭp'yə-lə-tĭv, -lā'-) adj. Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate. n. Any of various objects designed to be moved or arranged by hand as a means of developing motor skills or understanding abstractions, especially in mathematics. ma·nip'u·la·tive·ly adv., ma·nip'u·la'tive·ness n. |
manipulate
Case Study Manipulation of security prices is not limited to industry professionals out for a quick buck. In early 2001 the Securities and Exchange Commission settled securities fraud charges with former burrito vendor Yun Soo Oh Park IV, known to his Internet followers as |
manipulate ma·nip·u·late (mə-nĭp'yə-lāt')
v. ma·nip·u·lat·ed, ma·nip·u·lat·ing, ma·nip·u·lates
To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes.
yəˌleɪt
Tokyo Joe.
As part of the settlement Park agreed to return nearly a quarter of a million dollars in trading profits. According to SEC charges, to which Park did not admit or deny wrongdoing, the 50-year-old Korean native engaged in stock manipulation by recommending on Internet message boards stocks he already owned. He then sold his own shares as the recommended stocks rose in price. As Park's legend grew several thousand people agreed to pay an annual fee to receive an advance notice of his postings. The SEC also charged that Park was paid by a firm to recommend its stock. Park's lawyers claimed their client's actions were protected by free speech and not subject to federal securities regulation.
