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Svengali

Sven·ga·li [ sven glee, sfen glee ] (plural Sven·ga·lis)


noun 
Definition:
 
evil manipulator: somebody who controls and manipulates somebody else, usually for evil purposes

[Early 20th century. After a villainous hypnotist in the novel Trilby (1894), by George du Maurier]
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