MISLEAD


Meaning of MISLEAD in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ seriously

▪ completely , totally

▪ actively ( esp. BrE ), deliberately , intentionally

She was accused of deliberately ~ing the commission.

▪ allegedly

▪ easily

They were naive and easily misled.

VERB + MISLEAD

▪ attempt to , try to

▪ be liable to ( esp. BrE )

Statistics taken on their own are liable to ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

The House has been totally misled about this affair.

▪ into

The company misled hundreds of people into investing their money unwisely.

Mislead is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ parliament , ↑ press , ↑ public , ↑ stockholder

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .