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From mis- + represent.
misrepresent (third-person singular simple present misrepresents, present participle misrepresenting, simple past and past participle misrepresented)
- To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
to inaccurately portray something
— see also pass off as
- Armenian: խեղաթյուրել (hy) (xeġatʻyurel)
- Bulgarian: представям за impf (predstavjam za), представя за pf (predstavja za)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 歪曲 (waai1 kuk1)
- Hakka: 歪曲 (vâi-khiuk)
- Hokkien: 歪曲 (oai-khiok)
- Mandarin: 歪曲 (zh) (wāiqū)
- Czech: nesprávně vylíčit pf, zkreslit pf, překroutit pf
- French: détorquer (fr)
- German: umlügen (de)
- Latin: dētorqueō
- Maori: aweke, whakapeau, whakapeau
- Polish: przeinaczyć, przeinaczać
- Portuguese: deturpar (pt)
- Russian: искази́ть (ru) (iskazítʹ), передёргивать (ru) (peredjórgivatʹ), передёрнуть (ru) (peredjórnutʹ)
- Spanish: incurrir en falsedad, tergiversar (las palabras de), deformar (es), desformar (es), disformar (es)
- Swedish: förvanska (sv)
- Thai: บิดเบือน (th) (bìt-bʉʉan)
- Ukrainian: переіна́кшити (pereinákšyty), переіна́кшувати (pereinákšuvaty)
- Vietnamese: bóp méo (vi), xuyên tạc (vi)
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