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dis·in·for·ma·tion

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–noun

false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, publicly announced or planted in the news media, esp. of other countries.

[Origin: 1965–70; dis-¹ + information, as trans. of Russ dezinformátsiya < F désinform(er) to misinform + Russ -atsiya ≪ L -ātiō (see -ation)

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dis·in·for·ma·tion Audio Help (dĭs-ĭn'fər-mā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the government in another nation: "He would be the unconscious channel for a piece of disinformation aimed at another country's intelligence service" (Ken Follett).
Dissemination of such misleading information.

[Possibly translation of Russian dezinformatsiya.]

1955, from Rus. dezinformatsiya (1949).

disinformation
noun
misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)