machiavellize

Etymology

From Machiavelli + -ize.

verb

To behave in a Machiavellian manner; to be cunning and manipulative.“The boss has the magic of dividing the workers, he 'Machiavellizes. '”
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.”