Machiavellize

verb2

1. •
   To behave in a Machiavellian manner; to be cunning and manipulative.

   • The boss has the magic of dividing the workers, he 'Machiavellizes. ' — 1983
2. •
   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. — 1987