misdirection : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: misdirection	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for misdirection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misdirection n an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge incorrect directions or instructions management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies" Synonym(s): mismanagement, misdirection the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection" Synonym(s): distraction, misdirection
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misdirection \Mis`di*rec"tion\, n. 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed. 2. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. --Mozley & W.