See misrepresent on Wiktionary
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"roman": "pereinákšyty",
"sense": "to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as",
"word": "переіна́кшити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "pereinákšuvaty",
"sense": "to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as",
"word": "переіна́кшувати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as",
"word": "bóp méo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as",
"word": "xuyên tạc"
}
],
"word": "misrepresent"
}
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