English Dictionary

misdirect

verb

To direct something wrongly / To direct attention away from covert actions or intended targets. / To put the incorrect address on a mail item

He tried to misdirect the attention of the audience.

意味（1）

To direct something wrongly

In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.

意味（2）

To direct attention away from covert actions or intended targets.

意味（3）

To put the incorrect address on a mail item