• subject:
    1. One who is under the rule of another or others, especially one who owes allegiance to a government or ruler.
  • citizen:
    1. A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation.
    2. A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.
  • exploit:
    1. To employ to the greatest possible advantage: exploit one’s talents.
    2. To make use of selfishly or unethically: a country that exploited peasant labor. See synonyms at manipulate.
    3. To advertise; promote.
  • manipulate:
    1. To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner: She manipulated the lights to get just the effect she wanted.
    2. To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously: He manipulated public opinion in his favor.
    3. To tamper with or falsify for personal gain: tried to manipulate stock prices.
    4. Medicine. To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes: manipulate a joint; manipulate the position of a fetus during delivery.
  • shrewd:
    1. Characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence, and often a sense of the practical.
    2. Disposed to artful and cunning practices; tricky.
    3. Sharp; penetrating: a shrewd wind.
  • cunning:
    • adj.
      1. Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
      2. Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
      3. Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute: a cunning pet.
    • n.
      1. Skill in deception; guile.
      2. Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.
  • deceptiveness:
    1. Deceptive or tending to deceive.
  • deceive:
    1. To cause to believe what is not true; mislead.
    2. Archaic. To catch by guile; ensnare.
  • fraud:
    1. A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
    2. A piece of trickery; a trick.
    3. On that defrauds; a cheat.
    4. One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.
  • non-aggression principle:
    • holds that “aggression,” which is defined as the initiation of physical force, the threat of such, or fraud upon persons or their property, is inherently illegitimate. The principle does not preclude defense against aggression.