It's on the checklist cunning and manipulative.

Nothing could be more manipulative or unjustified.

In the film, Adams plays Peggy Dodd, the ruthless and manipulative wife of a religious organization leader played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Hare said the reason why is because capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior the lack of empathy, the glibness, cunning, manipulative.

He said, You know what, one of the items on the checklist is lack of remorse, but another item on the checklist is cunning, manipulative.

Meanwhile, Henry develops a friendship with a mature, but manipulative girl named Eleanor (Brighid Fleming), and goes to see her one more time before they leave.

That moment marked the end of years of war and terrible hardship the revolution had been won through blood, sacrifice, heroism, the mistakes of enemies, and the manipulative assistance of Stalin, who purported to be a friend.

History in the hands of manipulative politicians and incorrigible ideologues can be either a dangerously inebriating weapon to mobilize the masses, or, as James Joyce put it in Ulysses, a nightmare from which it is difficult to wake.

Some of his administration s initiatives, such as the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, seemed anti business to some at the time, but have long since been accepted as a boon to competition and dynamism by hemming in unfair or manipulative behavior.

Thus, the Security Council's de facto usurpation of the powers of the Assembly would continue unchecked and, together with other manipulative undertakings, would weaken the Assembly, which should be the true decision making body, since it is the only organ in which all Members of the Organization are represented.