Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.

synonyms: lead astray, misdirect, mislead.

Roget 495: be erroneous etc. adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform etc. (misteach) 538^†; delude; give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive etc. 545; lie etc. 544.    err; be in error etc. adj., be mistaken etc. v.; be deceived etc. (duped) 547; mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error etc. n.; be in the wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate etc. (misjudge) 481.    play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes etc. (misinterpret) 523.    trip, stumble; lose oneself etc. (uncertainty) 475; go astray; fail etc. 732; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear etc. (mismanage) 699; put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance etc. (credulity) 486; dream etc. (imagine) 515.    ... show more

Roget 538: misinform, misteach^†, misdescribe^†, misinstruct^†, miscorrect^†; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive etc. 545; mislead etc. (error) 495; misrepresent; lie etc. 544; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.] [Vergil]. propagandize, disinform.    render unintelligible etc. 519; bewilder etc. (uncertainty) 475; mystify etc. (conceal) 528; unteach.    [person or government agent who misteaches] propagandist.    ... show more

Dutch: bedriegen, bedotten, begoochelen, misleiden, mystificeren

Give bad advice to.

synonym: misadvise.