misdirect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to give (a person) wrong directions or instructions
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to address (a letter, parcel, etc) wrongly
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It is kind of like the ultimate misdirect, you know what I mean?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
We can’t afford to let the banks misdirect us again.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2024
“Baylor’s focus of media attention on football tried to misdirect attention from institutional failures of the Baylor administration. Our clients would have none of that,” Dunn said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
As in all the best heist flicks, Goldhaber makes sure to misdirect the audience with some choice red herrings and cliffhangers, nearly all of which end with a genuine surprise.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
“Somehow we think it is funny to misdirect people and we don’t smile when we do it, but we laugh inwardly. It is our nature.”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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