misdirection
- n an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
- n incorrect directions or instructions
- n management that is careless or inefficient
- n the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
conjurers are experts at misdirection
- Ordinary phone calls became exercises in awkward misdirection and elision, and everyday conversations came with a healthy dose of looking over our shoulders.
- But even those may be devices of misdirection, little traps set by Neil Burger, the writer-director.
- Those same officials warn that the process of separating truth from deliberate misdirection when interrogating such experienced operatives as Hambali is far from easy.