Synonym of misleading information

misinformation lie fabrication fib deception falsity falsification prevarication dishonesty disinformation calumny inaccuracy sophistry spin chicanery distortion gossip misrepresentation misstatement propaganda kidology misreport obfuscation half-truth trumped-up story false information false rumour red herring alternative fact bending of the truth false trail bum steer fake news falsehood untruth story exaggeration dissimulation pretence pretense mendacity tall story fiction myth pretext piece of fiction tall tale invention fraudulence hyperbole whopper fable sham perjury tale white lie porky yarn deceit line made-up story taradiddle tarradiddle bulldust fairy tale barefaced lie flight of fancy little white lie conspiracy theory departure from the truth cock and bull story figment of the imagination terminological inexactitude fairy story pork pie porky pie rumour coloring adulteration persuasion stratagem trickery ruse wile slant twist stretch prepared speech rumor canard mutilation colouring song and dance economy with the truth false light not a true picture hoax news media manipulation inaccurate news propagandizing spoof news propagandising disinformation campaign guile subterfuge falseness forgery evasion backbiting detraction disregard for the facts deviation from the truth fraud cock-and-bull story duplicity hoax artifice trick figment concoction deceitfulness hypocrisy fallacy delusion con lying untruthfulness dissembling crock spuriousness jive fakery cover-up stall fantasy fish story fake hogwash speciousness fudging equivocation illusion deceptiveness treachery untruism manoeuvre fibbing fancy machination scheme phantasy jazz cover inveracity fallaciousness maneuver shamming feint dodge smoke flimflam excuse lies casuistry stonewall shift run-around guise device farfetched story shaggy-dog story front quibbling mendaciousness contrivance insincerity perversion hollowness imposture double-dealing perfidy false colours lack of veracity false excuse fictitiousness twisting swindle clothesline feigning evasiveness bunk disingenuousness bluff unveracity set-up scam unreality hallucination charade amphibology sting game sophism facade amphiboly shuffling rort lurk bunco gyp wheeze grift creation fetch imagination waffle cunning codology confidence trick manipulation improvisation façade truthlessness false colors humbug rig con trick schlenter flanker gimmick doctoring alteration tampering put-on double meaning snow job put-up job double entendre quibbling routine false front cop out double talk angler's tale unlikely story whisper pishogue unbelievable tale fanciful tale false statement spinach disguise semblance mask half truth remarkable story big lie nancy story spiel rigmarole fibbery chestnut defamation scandal claptrap two-timing opus artefact artifact work false report one for the birds unreliability doublespeak misconception act simulation indirectness circumlocution misbelief tactic waffling flannel paltering erroneousness inexactness ploy expedient phoniness bias cheating overstatement embellishment superstition error pussyfooting around beating about the bush weasel words slanting false notion mistaken belief burlesque faking spoof counterfeit sell imitation scheming craft move incorrectness uncandidness misreporting apologue play-acting gambit sleight juggle shenanigan knack craftiness play jig skew prejudice garbling travesty equivocality caricature debasement artfulness slyness fictitious story folk ballad oversubtleness show exaggerated story incredible story masquerade sleight of hand racket savvy change tinkering fiddling changing stretching subtlety casuistics ambiguity BS misinterpretation imbalance baloney snow jiving fibs production doubtfulness legalism rationalization rationalisation justification novel romance nonsense legend chimera false show song equivoque euphemism hedging hedge creativity storytelling narration mere show unsound reasoning twisting the facts specious reasoning overgeneral reasoning narrative urban myth literature anecdote book hooey potboiler unrealism nonfiction drama cliff-hanger avoidance dodging vision tergiversation urban legend creative writing elusion best seller short story short stories apparition fantasm phantasm mirage conceit nonentity dream daydream shunning work of fiction work of imagination figment of imagination works of fiction made up story weasel word imagining escape eluding shirking ducking circumvention bubble castle in the air pipe dream nightmare chimaera cop-out shaking eschewing bypassing eschewal out sidestepping cheat go-by obliqueness bilking fancy footwork ditch finding a way round slip stonewalling getting out of routine quibble equivocating fugivity fugiviteness evading skirting snare decoy blind leg-pull hokum fastie Trojan horse bilk mare's-nest ride chicane malarkey hustle wrinkle catch trap whitewash shuck fast shuffle confidence game fast one con game

misleadingly misleadings misleading statement misleading talk misleading term misleading word misleading clue misleading misleaders misleader mislead mislays