Misled

PRONOUNCIATION: 'mise'sled

Definition: a covert bamboozling

Can be used when one person, party, or agent covertly bamboozles another.

Example: "You misled me!"

Verb: to misle (example: "The government has attempted to misle the public with their continuous crisis language.")

Noun: a misling (example: "A misling has occurred in the state of Tasmania with the shrouded extension of emergency powers.")

Adjective: misling (example: "That was a misling experience.")

The Australian government has misled the public with its autocratic overreach.