manipulator Synonyms

operator driver string-puller mover handler conspirator plotter puppeteer controller agent intriguer schemer massager Machiavelli mastermind kingmaker engine driver politico hustler tamperer telegrapher telegraphist user wielder rigger agent provocateur mechanical device faker steering mechanism mover and shaker bad influence agitating person puller of strings operators rich people control mechanism exploiter gray eminence plier puppet master svengali wheeler-dealer wirepuller tactician actuator director engineer falsifier financier garbler