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Synonyms for mislead

deceive

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Synonyms for mislead

to cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation

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Synonyms for mislead

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Adding that country got nothing from Prime Minister Narendra Modi except being mislead.
We hinge our decision on the Legislature's use of the term "false or misleading." Statements that omit material information may qualify as false or mislead an investigating officer.
The penalty fortmaking false statements to mislead or attempting to mislead the privacy commissioner is a fine of up to $5,000, reports the Vancouver Observer.
While we have no issue with Google advertising in general, it is unfair that it is used as a mechanism to mislead customers.
Nisha Arora, CMA senior director for the consumer sector, said: "We have found that, whilst supermarkets want to comply with the law and shoppers enjoy a wide range of choices, with an estimated 40% of grocery spending being on items on promotion, there are still areas of poor practice that could confuse or mislead shoppers.
"Falsely inflating the number of people treated with Effexor XR may mislead consumers and healthcare providers into inferring greater efficacy and safety than would be warranted by the actual numbers," wrote the FDA.
The Financial Services Authority has warned insurance firms to stop using savings claims which could mislead consumers in their advertising or face regulatory action.
Federally funded pregnancy resource centers often mislead pregnant teens about the medical risks of abortion, according to a study released by U.S.
A compendium of faith-based wisdom and scriptural imperatives, Get Unstuck From Fundamentalism deftly analyzes the attitudes and pronouncements of mislead and misleading members of the Christian church including clergy and politicians.
Vatican II also cautioned theologians and preachers to neither exaggerate nor understate Mary's significance lest they mislead not only Roman Catholics but other Christians as well.
Maybe at some point he fell into the trap of believing the end justifies the means, that it's OK to mislead somebody to get them to say what you need them to say, because the message is more important than how you get the message.
Johnigan: To paraphrase section 303 of the act, it's illegal for any company officer or director to fraudulently influence or mislead any CPA engaged in the performance of an audit of financial statements or to cause the statements to be materially misleading.
The state must show that the fundraiser deliberately made a false statement "with the intent to mislead the listener, and succeeded in doing so."
But there can never be enough rules to cover every situation and clients cannot be allowed to hide behind the letter of technical standards to deliberately mislead investors.