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disinformation definition

dis·in·for·ma·tion (dis′in′fər mā′s̸hən)

noun

deliberately false information leaked by a government, as to confuse another nation's intelligence operations

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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