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mis·rep·re·sent  (ms-rpr-znt)

tr.v. mis·rep·re·sent·ed, mis·rep·re·sent·ing, mis·rep·re·sents

1. To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.

2. To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.

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mis·repre·sen·tation n.

mis·repre·senta·tive (-znt-tv) adj.

mis·repre·senter n.

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misrepresent [ˌmɪsrɛprɪˈzɛnt]

vb

(tr) to represent wrongly or inaccurately

misrepresentation  n

misrepresentative  adj

misrepresenter  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	misrepresent - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" belie sentimentalize, sentimentalise - look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events" distort, falsify, garble, warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"
	2.	misrepresent - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" fudge, fake, falsify, wangle, manipulate, cook chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"

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misrepresent

verb distort, disguise, pervert, belie, twist, misinterpret, falsify, garble, misstate The extent of the current strike is being misrepresented.

Translations

misrepresent [ˌmɪsreprɪˈzent] VT [+ person] → dar una imagen falsa de; [+ views, situation] → tergiversar
he was misrepresented in the papers → los periódicos tergiversaron sus palabras

misrepresent [ˌmɪsrɛprɪˈzɛnt] vt

[+ person] → donner une image inexacte de
to misrepresent sb as sth → présenter qn à tort comme qch
The press misrepresented him as arrogant and bullying → La presse l'a présenté à tort comme arrogant et tyrannique.

[+ views] → déformer

misrepresent

vt → falsch darstellen; facts also → verdrehen; ideas → verfälschen; he was misrepresented in the papers → seine Worte etc wurden von der Presse verfälscht or entstellt wiedergegeben; he was misrepresented as being for the strike → er wurde zu Unrecht als Befürworter des Streiks hingestellt

misrepresent [ˈmɪsˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt] vt (facts) → travisare; (person) → dare un'impressione sbagliata di