manipulation

noun manipulation

• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
• handling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
• direction — the act or an instance of directing.