The word for today is…
manipulate (verb) – 1. To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or another body part or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner.
- To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously.
- To tamper with or falsify for personal gain.
- Medicine To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : 1827, “to handle skillfully by hand,” a back-formation from manipulation. As “to manage by mental influence,” especially for one’s own purposes, is by 1864. Financial sense is from 1870. By 1949 it served as a euphemism for “masturbate.”
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