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disinformation

Main Entry:: dis·in·for·ma·tion
Pronunciation:: \(ˌ)dis-ˌin-fər-ˈmā-shən\
Function:: noun
Date:: 1939

: false information deliberately and often covertly spread (as by the planting of rumors) in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth

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