mislead

mislead
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. deceive, delude, lead astray. See error, deception.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. delude, cheat, deceive, defraud, cozen, bilk, take in, overreach, outwit, ensnare, trick, enmesh, entangle, victimize, lure, beguile, inveigle, hoax, dupe, gull, bait, misrepresent, bluff, give a bum steer*, throw off the scent*, lead one on a merry chase*, bamboozle*, gull*, dupe*, scam*, humbug*, hoodwink*, put someone on*; see also deceive , lie 1 .
See Synonym Study at deceive .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
lead astray, misinform, misguide, deceive, *lead down the garden path, bamboozle, delude, *give the bum steer, take in, *pull the wool over one's eyes.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, take in, trick. Informal: bamboozle, have. Slang: four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See HONEST.

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  • Mislead — Mis*lead (m[i^]s*l[=e]d ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misled} (m[i^]s*l[e^]d ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Misleading}.] [AS. misl[=ae]dan. See {Mis }, and {Lead} to conduct.] To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mislead — mis·lead /mis lēd/ vb led / led/, lead·ing vt: to lead into a mistaken action or belief: to cause to have a false impression vi: to create a false impression compare deceive Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

  • mislead — (v.) O.E. mislædan to mislead, common Germanic compound (Cf. M.L.G., M.Du. misleiden, O.H.G. misseleiten, Ger. missleiten, Dan. mislede); see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + LEAD (Cf. lead) (v.). Related: MISLEADING (Cf. misleading); …   Etymology dictionary

  • mislead — delude, beguile, *deceive, betray, double cross Analogous words: entice, inveigle, *lure, tempt, seduce: *dupe, gull, hoodwink, hoax, bamboozle …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mislead — has the form misled as its past tense and past participle …   Modern English usage

  • mislead — [v] give someone the wrong idea, information bait, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, bunk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double cross*, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, fool, fudge*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, hose*, illude, inveigle,… …   New thesaurus

  • mislead — ► VERB (past and past part. misled) ▪ give the wrong impression to. DERIVATIVES misleading adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • mislead — [mislēd′] vt. misled, misleading 1. to lead in a wrong direction; lead astray 2. to lead into error (of judgment); deceive or delude 3. to lead into wrongdoing; influence badly SYN. DECEIVE misleading adj. misleadingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • mislead — UK US UK mislead UK /mɪsˈliːd/ verb [T] (misled /mɪsˈled/, misled //) ► to cause someone to believe something that is not true: »The government has repeatedly misled the public, and we re here to protest. mislead sb about sth »The advertising… …   Financial and business terms

  • mislead — verb ADVERB ▪ seriously ▪ completely, totally ▪ actively (esp. BrE), deliberately, intentionally ▪ She was accused of deliberately misleading the …   Collocations dictionary

  • mislead — UK [mɪsˈliːd] / US [mɪsˈlɪd] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms mislead : present tense I/you/we/they mislead he/she/it misleads present participle misleading past tense misled UK [mɪsˈled] / US past participle misled to make someone… …   English dictionary

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