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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
be negligent, bias, bowl a googly, color, corrupt, garble, lead astray, maladminister, misaddress, misadminister, misadvise, misconduct, misconstrue, miseducate, misgovern, misguide, mishandle, misinform, misinstruct, misinterpret, mislead, mismanage, misrender, misrepresent, misrule, misteach, misuse, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, pervert, slant, strain, throw a curve, torture, varnish
Dictionary Results for misdirect:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
misdirect
    v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
         the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
         accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
         subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn:
         corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize,
         demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate,
         deprave, misdirect]
    2: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong
       directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town
       driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead
       astray]
    3: put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" [syn:
       misdirect, misaddress]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Misdirect \Mis`di*rect"\, v. t.
   To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger,
   or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. --Shenstone.
   [1913 Webster]

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