deceive, hoodwink, misinform, misguide, dupe, confuse, delude, bamboozle, discredit, insinuate, distort, misrepresented, defraud, malign, obfuscate, intimidate, demonize, frighten, lied, misunderstand, misstate, embarrass, fooled, misdirect, mischaracterize, misconstrue, enlighten, befool, belittle, manipulate, vilify, undermine, misinterpret, politicize, besmirch, falsify, exaggerate, denigrate, misreport, impugn, implicate, marginalize, conceal, reassure, shortchange, coerce, sensationalize, browbeat, communalise, overcharge, subvert, defame, gulled, incriminate, inform, tarnish, trivialize, distract, suborn, entrap, disparage, inflate, conned, underplay, biased, smear, convince, dehumanise, brainwash, downplay, curry favor, demean, undersell, absolve, cheat, exculpate, bilk, disenfranchise, hide, adulterate, mislabel, perjure, offend, fibbing, hypnotize, misquote, betray, obstruct, infer, mystify, misappropriate, overstating, demoralize, indoctrinate, polarize, portray, dissuade, disabuse, goad, perjurious, tricking, refute, stony, alight, anybody, anyone, approximate, articles, bereft, booze, boring, boyish, brash, buggy, captive, cloudy, convex, defensive, destitute, deviant, dictate, directional

amplify, betray, deceive, equivocate, exaggerate, hyperbolize, lead astray, lie, magnify, overdraw, overstate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate

ambiguous, beat around the bush, convolute, deceptive, electronic simulative deception, equivocal, equivocate, half-truth, loaded, misleading, newspeak, palter, pervert, prevaricate, simulative electronic deception, sophisticate, stall, stalling, tergiversate, twist, twist around

conduct, direct, guide, inform, lead, take

lead astray, misguide, misinform