machiavellize

To behave in a Machiavellian manner; to be cunning and manipulative.

The boss has the magic of dividing the workers, he 'Machiavellizes. '

These were the Machiavellisms that the ancient ages produced for us before Machiavelli was in the world, and an infinity of persons Machiavellize among us today who have never read his books.

To make Machiavellian.

Leninism might be defined as the desperate form of Marxism, an attempt to save Marxism by Machiavellizing it, but Marx's own work is in my view also marked by desperation.

We must not only claim that violence is ineluctable because the future is open and "being realized," we must also hold that certain types of violence are more justified than others; we must not only agree that the politician never fails to be a Machiavelli, but show as well that history has its ruses, and Machiavellizes the Machiavellis.

Alternative form of Machiavellize.

Antonelli has machiavellized the Pontiff, who commenced his career as a Reformer.

He imitated Guicciardini's objectivity, was influenced by De Thou's fulness of narration, and “machiavellized” all his personages, as Fenelon said long ago.