maneuver

noun

1. (US)The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

   “The army was on maneuvers.”

   “Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.”

2. (US)Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.

   ““This,” cried he, “is a manœuvre I have been some time expecting: but Mr. Harrel, though artful and selfish, is by no means deep.””

3. (US)A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
4. (US)A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.

   “The otorhinolaryngologist performed an Epley maneuver and the patient was relieved of his vertigo.”

5. (US)A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.

   “Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.”

verb

1. (US, ambitransitive)To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
2. (US, figuratively, transitive)To guide, steer, manage purposefully
3. (US, figuratively, intransitive)To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme

   “The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts”