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camouflage, cloak, disguise, misrepresent
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
give a false coloring
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Coloring — Color Col or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coloring}.] [F. colorer.] 1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain. [1913 Webster] The rays, to speak… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
color — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Rainbow hue Nouns 1. color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, dye, complexion, tincture, cast, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key; color organ; Technicolor. 2. pure, primary, positive, or complementary color;… … English dictionary for students
Misinterpretation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misinterpretation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misinterpretation misinterpretation misapprehension misunderstanding misacceptation| misconstruction misapplication Sgm: N 1 catachresis catachresis Sgm: N 1 eisegesis… … English dictionary for students
misrepresent — mis·rep·re·sent /mis ˌre pri zent/ vt: to make a misrepresentation about vi: to make a misrepresentation mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tive / ˌre pri zen tə tiv/ adj mis·rep·re·sen·ter n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
disguise — I noun artifice, camouflage, caricature, cloak, concealment counterfeit, cover, covering, deception, deceptive covering, dissimulation, facade, faking, false appearance, false colors, false copy, false front, guise, hiding, imitation, mask,… … Law dictionary
belie — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mislead] Syn. give the lie to, misrepresent, disguise; see disguise , mislead . 2. [To contradict] Syn. prove false, repudiate, gainsay; see deny , refute . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. misrepresent, disguise, falsify … English dictionary for students
camouflage — I verb adumbrate, alter the appearance of, assume a mask, be concealed, becloud, becurtain, bedim, befog, bemask, blanket, blind, bury, change the face of, cloak, close the curtain, cloud, color, conceal, couch, cover, cover up, curtain, deceive … Law dictionary
falsify — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. distort, adulterate, counterfeit, misrepresent; see deceive , forge 1 , lie 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. forge, fake, distort, misrepresent, adulterate, doctor, alter, misstate, dissemble, stretch, embroider. III… … English dictionary for students
misinterpret — v. a. Misconstrue, explain wrongly, put a wrong construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring to … New dictionary of synonyms
misstate — v misquote, quote out of context, miscite, misreport, misrelate; misrepresent, belie, falsify, put in a false light; garble, distort, pervert, twist, warp, slant, color, miscolor, give a false coloring to … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
