to locate by means of triangulation / to pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both ends against the middle"

triangular

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of triangulate

simple past tense and past participle of triangulate

In a triangulate manner.

plural of triangulation

Capable of being triangulated

One who, or that which, triangulates.

plural of triangulator

(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.