mislead
verb (used with object)
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
misleader
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a word derived from
mislead.
Example Sentences
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Now the opportunist wheedles, now the demagogue roars; now a responsible leader advises, now a deft misleader distorts.
From Time Magazine Archive
While a second sort, aiming at wit, that wicked misleader, forfeit all title to judgment.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Samuel Richardson
P: And he whom Allah guideth, for him there can be no misleader.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Whether he be a misleader of the people is a matter of opinion.
From The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul
I have had the satisfaction of denying them the exhibition they anticipated, and I cheer myself with the hope that they have visited their disappointment upon their misleader.
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
