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All misdirected synonyms

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verb misdirected

  • string along β€” a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • information β€” knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
  • betray β€” If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
  • cheat β€” When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
  • defraud β€” If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
  • delude β€” If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
  • dupe β€” duplicate.
  • entice β€” Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
  • fool β€” to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
  • fudge β€” a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
  • hoodwink β€” to deceive or trick.
  • misinform β€” to give false or misleading information to.
  • misrepresent β€” to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • tempt β€” to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
  • bait β€” Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
  • beguile β€” If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
  • bilk β€” To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
  • bluff β€” A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
  • bunk β€” A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
  • cozen β€” to cheat or trick (someone)
  • enmesh β€” Cause to become entangled in something.
  • ensnare β€” Catch in or as in a trap.
  • entangle β€” Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
  • gull β€” a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
  • hoax β€” something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
  • hose β€” a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
  • inveigle β€” to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
  • juggle β€” to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
  • lure β€” anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
  • outwit β€” to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
  • overreach β€” to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
  • rook β€” one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
  • scam β€” a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
  • seduce β€” to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
  • shaft β€” a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
  • snow β€” Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
  • trick β€” a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • victimise β€” to make a victim of.
  • victimize β€” to make a victim of.
  • double-cross β€” to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
  • illude β€” to deceive or trick.
  • lead on β€” to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • rip off β€” a rent made by ripping; tear.
  • rope in β€” a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
  • take in β€” the act of taking.
  • bobble β€” A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
  • mismanage β€” Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
  • mess up β€” a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
  • abuse β€” Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.

adjective misdirected

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