| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| act of misleading |
bluff
|
| deliberately misleading fabrication |
canard
|
| story, deliberately misleading |
canard
|
| news story, misleading |
canard
|
| argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading |
casuistry
|
| outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading |
color
,
colour
,
gloss
,
semblance
|
| misleading falsehood |
deceit
,
deception
,
misrepresentation
|
| misleading information, deliberately |
disinformation
|
| deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information |
electronic deception
|
| actions to eliminate revealing telltale indicators that could be used by the enemy (or to convey misleading indicators) |
electronic manipulative deception
,
manipulative electronic deception
|
| deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods |
finagler
,
wangler
|
| fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts |
fraud in the inducement
|
| interpretation, purposefully misleading |
gloss
|
| act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression |
juggle
,
juggling
|
| falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies |
sophistication
|
