mislead (redirected from misleads)

mislead verb bait, be dishonest, befool, beguile, cause error, cheat, corrupt, counterfeit, cozen, create a false impression, cully, deceive, decipere, decoy, defraud, dissemble, distort, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, falsify, fib, fool, give a false idea, give a false impression, guide astray, guide into error, guide wrongly, in errorem inducere, lead astray, lead into error, lie, misdescribe, misdirect, miseducate, misguide, misinstruct, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, practice deception, prevaricate, seduce, snare, sophisticate, swindle, take advantage of, take in, tell a falseeood, tell an untruth, trap, trick, varnish

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See also: betray, brutalize, circumvent, cloak, confound, confuse, corrupt, deceive, defraud, delude, disorient, distort, divert, dupe, ensnare, equivocate, evade, fabricate, fake, falsify, feign, hoodwink, illude, inveigle, lie, misdirect, misguide, misinform, mislabel, misrepresent, misstate, obscure, overreach, palter, pervert, pettifog, pretend, prevaricate