misdirect

misdirect

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ direct

Verb

misdirect (third-person singular simple present misdirects, present participle misdirecting, simple past and past participle misdirected)

1. To direct something wrongly
   • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian‎:

     In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.

2. To put the incorrect address on a mail item

Translations

To direct something wrongly

Ido: misdirektar

To put the incorrect address on a mail item

Ido: misadresizar

Spanish: poner mal la dirección

Anagrams

• creditism, miscredit