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[ verb ] represent falsely

Synonyms

belie

Examples

"This statement misrepresents my intentions"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

The absurd notion that demythologization entails the expurgation of all mythological concepts completely misrepresents Bultmann 's intention .

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

The two major newspapers in Providence continued , throughout the crisis , to accuse each other of misrepresenting the facts and attempting to falsify history .

2
[ verb ] fake or falsify

Examples

"Fudge the figures" "cook the books" "falsify the data"

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