If you describe someone as a manipulator, you mean that they skilfully control events, situations, or people, often in a way that other people disapprove of.
Jean Brodie is a manipulator. She cons everybody.
...some of the best PR manipulators in the business.
manipulator in American English
(məˈnɪpjuˌleɪtər; məˌnɪpjəˌleɪtər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that manipulates
2. US
a mechanical device that is operated by remote control, as for handling radioactive materials
manipulator in Mechanical Engineering
(mənɪpyʊleɪtər)
Word forms: (regular plural) manipulators
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Control, instrumentation and metrology)
A manipulator is a type of actuator which is used to move objects in a similar way to a human hand.
The user controls a robotic manipulator and makes it pick up a target object.
Some robot manipulators are controlled using methods that do not take into account the flexibility of thelinks and joints.
A manipulator is a type of actuator which is used to move objects in a similar way to a human hand.
Examples of 'manipulator' in a sentence
manipulator
He is both a great survivor and a great committee manipulator.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In a bleak look at the dark side of human nature, the master manipulator shows how reliably awful people can be given the right conditions.