svengali-like

Rove in the end is an insecure maladjusted repulsive fat masturbating creep who was in the YAF crowd in the '60s (which says it all) and revels in the notion that people credit him with svengali-like intuitive power.

Rove: Obama Is The Type Of Guy Who Hangs Out At Country Clubs 2009

And, Nikki, I ` ll tell you, I think that this private investigator out of L.A. could be very important, because, if this young man had that much worry about his mother being forced drugs and being kept in isolation, svengali-like I think that ` s important to the inquest.

CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007 2007

Again, the prosecution's theory is here's a guy who has got the ultimate amount of resources, can get to anybody, even through his svengali-like personality, or through his limitless resources.

CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2005 2005

Standing in front of those doors, it's easy to imagine what it might have been like inside: as a studio musician or a backup singer working hard under a scary, svengali-like Phil Spector; as a pop star in control of the microphone and in command of the room; as a technician, able to play with the sounds that those rooms can produce.

Blogging.la 2010

The programme, the format of which has been sold around the world, is also making a mint for its svengali-like founder.

Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News 2009

Like many bullies Knights is a silver-tongued charmer who has a svengali-like hold over Gillian.

Mirror.co.uk - News 2009