mislead

mislead
    v 1: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong
         directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town
         driver" [syn: {mislead}, {misdirect}, {misguide}, {lead
         astray}]
    2: give false or misleading information to [syn: {misinform},
       {mislead}]
    

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 mistake; to deceive.
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         Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you.
                                                  --Bacon.
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         To give due light
         To the mislead and lonely traveler.      --Milton.
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   Syn: To delude; deceive. See {Deceive}.
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67 Moby Thesaurus words for "mislead":
      abuse, bamboozle, be untruthful, beguile, betray, bluff,
      bowl a googly, bunk, con, corrupt, cozen, debauch, deceive, defile,
      deflower, delude, despoil, double-cross, draw the longbow, dupe,
      entice, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, fib, flimflam, fool,
      force, gull, hoodwink, humbug, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lie,
      lie flatly, lure, misadvise, misdirect, miseducate, misguide,
      misinform, misinstruct, misteach, mystify, obfuscate, obscure,
      outwit, pervert, prevaricate, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce,
      soil, speak falsely, story, stretch the truth, sully, take,
      take in, tell a lie, tempt, throw a curve, trick, violate