beguile people out of the right way; confuse and poison people’s minds;confuse public opinion; deceive the people with demagogy; resort to damagogy
❍ 他们制造谣言，～。They fabricated rumours in an attempt to confuse and poison people’s minds.
❍ 这项声明提出的，不过是些～的口号罢了。What the statement proposed was nothing more than some demagogic slogans.
蛊惑人心
delude people;confuse public opinion by resorting to demagogy;speak demagogically
蛊惑人心ɡǔ huò rén xīn
蛊：传说中的一种毒虫；蛊惑：毒害、迷惑。比喻用谣言迷惑、毒害群众。 resort to demagogy, poison people’s minds, deceptive propaganda