Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.
- transitive verb To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To represent erroneously or falsely; give a false or incorrect account or representation of, whether intentionally or not.
- To fail to represent correctly or in good faith as agent or official representative; act contrary to the wishes or interests of, as of one's principal or constituents, in the transaction of business, legislation, etc.
- To convey a false impression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfavorably); to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly.
- intransitive verb To make an incorrect or untrue representation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
- verb represent falsely
Etymologies
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mis- + represent
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