MISREPRESENT, MISREPRESENTATION
NOUNS
► BORAX exaggeration; misrepresentation → 1920s US furniture business usage
► BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► FAKE to misrepresent → 1892 colloq.
► FIDDLE to misrepresent or fraudulently alter → 1970 sl.
► PREVARICATE to pervert, to corrupt, to misrepresent, to falsify → 1595