false trail
Example Sentences
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The plaintiffs alleged the recruiters laid out a false trail of information about distribution, which lawyers said was part of a deliberately dishonest business model.
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2019
The motorcade had also been something of a feint, and Main Street something of a false trail.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2012
In the novel, Pinkie's mob lay a false trail of these cards after Hale's death to create an alibi, and worry that Rose will remember that someone other than Hale placed the one she found.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2011
Still, though he suspects whoever was behind the action may have sought to send investigators down a false trail with the Afghanistan association, Jacquard warns against writing the authors off as sinister pranksters or flakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Francis looked for numbers on the mailboxes, nosing into one false trail after another and backing out again, cursing, grinding the gears.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
