misrepresent
verbCA, US, UK /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/ · AU /ˌmɪsˌɹepɹəˈzent/
Etymology From mis- + represent.
1
To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
- The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
- Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 41:
- Derived terms
- misrepresentation, misrepresenter