The first views her at best as a mad, talentless manipulator and at worst as a murderer. |
He was supposedly a cunning manipulator who lured his adversary into a fatal trap. |
He is a power-hungry miser, a greedy manipulator of people, who robs the inhabitants of the town of which he is mayor. |
Women in those situations are particularly vulnerable to a predator and a manipulator like Ben. |
Your MIL sounds like a first-class manipulator who has decided things are going to be a certain way. |
She's a cunning manipulator one moment, an adorably guileless charmer the next, one who tosses off winsome smiles like strike-zone fastballs. |