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Yes, manipulate is playable

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"Manipulate" Definition

verb-transitive

Medicine To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes: manipulate a joint; manipulate the position of a fetus during delivery.
To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously: He manipulated public opinion in his favor.
To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner: She manipulated the lights to get just the effect she wanted.
To tamper with or falsify for personal gain: tried to manipulate stock prices.

verb

To treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner.
To manage or utilize skillfully.
To control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage.
To change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose .

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