Word

lead astray, v.

cause someone to believe an untruth
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

betray deceive lead astray

sample sentences

"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

deceptive deceptive deception deceiver

antonym

undeceive

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

betrayer

semantic pointers

hypernym

mislead, misinform

hyponym

pose, impersonate, personate bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false take in, gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, put one over, put one across

lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

lead astray misdirect misguide mislead

sample sentences

"The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

misleader

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

misdirection

semantic pointers

hypernym

take, lead, guide, direct, conduct

teach immoral behavior to
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lead astray lead off

sample sentences

"It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

corrupt, deprave, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, misdirect