mislead-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Lead someone in the wrong direction (physically); give wrong spatial directions.

Examples:
The pedestrian misled the out-of-town driver.
The guide misled the hiking group by providing an outdated map of the
trail system.

Mappings:
VerbNet: force-59
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Give false or misleading information to (without explicitly causing and action.)

Examples:
I was misled by the advertisement's claims.
The president was misled by false intelligence reports.

Mappings:
VerbNet: force-59
FrameNet: Prevarication
PropBank: mislead.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Give false or misleading information that explicitly results in an action the part of the person misled.

Commentary: INCLUDES: MISLEAD INTO

Examples:
The company misled many customers into purchasing more credit-data
services than needed.
The elderly are often misled into spending retirement money on phone scams.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: mislead.02