The researchers purposely mislead or misinform the participants about the true nature of the experiment. Criticism centered on how these names may confuse or mislead the public. Indeed, biases sometimes come from deliberate intent to mislead or other scientific fraud. Military deception refers to attempts to mislead enemy forces during warfare. Such stories were intended to entertain readers and not to mislead them. These sometimes mislead us about what is the truth. The Committee was happy to perpetuate this misconception since it might also mislead the Germans. A review in "Nature" found the novel "likely to mislead the unwary". Thus, analogy can mislead if not all relevant comparisons are made. She estimates half of these were created with the intention to mislead. Wish people wouldn't mislead you guys with info. Danny lays a false trail to mislead Jack and hides behind a snowdrift. It is beyond human ability and would only mislead people. He allowed officials to mislead the public. ExxonMobil denied that it has been trying to mislead the public about global warming.