Give false or misleading information to.

synoniem: mislead.

Roget 538: misinform, misteach^†, misdescribe^†, misinstruct^†, miscorrect^†; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive etc. 545; mislead etc. (error) 495; misrepresent; lie etc. 544; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.] [Vergil]. propagandize, disinform.    render unintelligible etc. 519; bewilder etc. (uncertainty) 475; mystify etc. (conceal) 528; unteach.    [person or government agent who misteaches] propagandist.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 545: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully^†, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize; abuse; mystify; blind one's eyes; blindfold, hoodwink; throw dust into the eyes; dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool^†, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle; trick.    impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon; snatch a verdict; bluff off, bluff; bunko, four flush [Slang], gum [U.S.], spoof [Slang], stuff (a ballot box) [U.S.].    circumvent, overreach; outreach, out wit, out maneuver; steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap^†, ensnare; nick, springe^†; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay^†, spread the toils, lime; trapan^†, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle^†, nousel^†; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh^†; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate^†, hocus, escamoter^†, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up [Slang], sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of^†, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over etc. (influence) 615; gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble etc. 544.    cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck; live by one's wits, play at hide and seek; obtain money under false pretenses etc. (steal) 791; conjure, juggle, practice chicanery; deacon [U.S.].    play off, palm off, foist off, fob-off.    lie etc. 544; misinform etc. 538; mislead etc. (error) 495; betray etc. 940; be deceived etc. 547.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 495: be erroneous etc. adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform etc. (misteach) 538^†; delude; give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive etc. 545; lie etc. 544.    err; be in error etc. adj., be mistaken etc. v.; be deceived etc. (duped) 547; mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error etc. n.; be in the wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate etc. (misjudge) 481.    play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes etc. (misinterpret) 523.    trip, stumble; lose oneself etc. (uncertainty) 475; go astray; fail etc. 732; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear etc. (mismanage) 699; put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance etc. (credulity) 486; dream etc. (imagine) 515.    ... meer laten zien