redirect, divert, distract, misguide, obfuscate, insinuate, confuse, mislead, demonize, deflect, deceive, hoodwink, misinform, marginalize, entrap, suborn, bamboozle, vilify, discredit, malign, dupe, belittle, harass, manipulate, delude, embarrass, politicize, dissimulate, inveigle, misappropriate, ensnare, exculpate, sensationalize, frighten, intimidate, hide, conceal, misallocate, victimize, highjack, frustrate, expose, siphon, misapply, obstruct, subvert, befool, disguise, denigrate, ingratiate, prod, coarsen, inculpate, distort, implicate, red herring, tu quoque, smear, enlighten, bewilder, browbeat, propagandize, shortchange, seduce, demean, conflate, beguile, dehumanize, goad, disorganize, mischaracterize, disorganise, misinterpret, communalise, fixate, unknowing, stupefy, disorient, neutralize, deify, curry favor, incite, portray, entangling, ad hominem, deprive, ghettoize, spiting, wheedle, rouse, dispirit, misunderstand, bemuse, provoke, enmesh, evade, defame, hyperbolized, dehumanise, elicit, absolve, instigate

bastardise, bastardize, carnalize, lead astray, lead off, poison, sensualize, suborn, whore

alter, change

corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, vitiate