Misrepresent

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  • transitive verb. To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.
  • transitive verb. To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To represent erroneously or falsely; give a false or incorrect account or representation of, whether intentionally or not.
  • To fail to represent correctly or in good faith as agent or official representative; act contrary to the wishes or interests of, as of one's principal or constituents, in the transaction of business, legislation, etc.
  • To convey a false impression.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfavorably); to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly.
  • intransitive verb. To make an incorrect or untrue representation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. tamper, with the purpose of deception
  • verb. represent falsely
  • Word Usage
    "CNN: Obama warns anyone who would 'misrepresent' plan"
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt  Brent  Gent  Ghent  Kent  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    belie  belie  bias  burlesque  camouflage