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misplead
[
mis-
pleed
]
mis·plead
/
mɪsˈplid
/
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[
mis-
pleed
]
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verb (used without object),
verb
(used with object),
mis·plead·ed,
mis·plead·ing.
to
plead
incorrectly.
Origin:
1670–80;
mis-
1
+
plead
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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
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World English Dictionary
misplead
(mɪsˈpliːd)
—
vb
,
-pleads
,
-pleading
,
-pleaded
,
-plead
,
-pled
(
tr
) to plead incorrectly
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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