mislead

mislead
v
lead astray, misguide, misdirect, misinform, Sl. give [s.o.] a bum steer, throw [s.o.] off the scent; delude, deceive, fool, take in, throw dust in the eyes of, pull the wool over the eyes of, slip or pass one over on; cozen, dupe, gull, defraud, cheat; rook, victimize, Archaic. chouse, defraud, bilk, swindle; steal a march on, cog, Sl. take, Sl. snooker; pass off, palm off, impose upon, pull a fast one on, Inf. throw a curve; humbug, gammon, bluff, juggle, have [s.t.] up one's sleeve, Inf. flimflam; hoodwink, trick, outwit, bamboozle, overreach; entrap, ensnare, enmesh, trip up; beguile, seduce, bait, decoy; lead on, take for a ride, Inf. fake [s.o.] out, Inf. rope [s.o.] in, Inf. string along, Inf. lead up the garden path; Inf. fast-talk, Inf. flam, Inf. hype, Sl. jive, Sl. mau-mau, Inf. buffalo, Inf. bulldoze; All Sl. con, snow, suck in, sucker in, murphy; betray, sell down the river, play false, double-cross, two-time, Sl. shaft, Sl. cross [s.o.] up.

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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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