deceive, misstate, distort, mislead, impersonate, besmirch, misinform, undermine, denigrate, exaggerate, misreport, impugn, mischaracterize, overstate, misunderstand, malign, conceal, mislabel, belittle, understate, obfuscate, misinterpret, misperceive, embellish, demonize, sully, disparage, demean, traduce, falsify, misapply, misconstrued, trivialize, confuse, sugarcoat, discredit, insinuate, tarnish, conflate, politicize, incriminate, downplay, misremember, dilute, misclassify, vitiate, blacken, marginalize, portray, contradict, overestimate, inflate, dissemble, smear, prejudge, ascribe, fudging, undervalue, perpetuate, omit, vilify, characterize, denude, oversimplify, refute, stigmatize, adulterate, low level, construe, disagree, circumscribe, undercut, cheapen, implicate, subvert, defame, underplay, coarsen, overemphasise, consist of, as such, overvalue, disguise, overgeneralize, government agency, disavow, disclaim, speak for, be given, dehumanize, shed light on, assail, rebut, misused, misconceive, sit back, abridging, overblow, embezzle, predetermine, clarify, impute

affect, color, dissemble, distort, falsify, feign, garble, glamorize, juggle, pretend, romanticise, romanticize, sentimentalize, sham, warp

blind, subterfuge

cheat, represent

belie, cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle