obfuscate

mislead

Cause false belief

• deceiveCause false belief
• misdirectLead away from truth
• disinformSpread false information deliberately

misinform · hoodwink · dupe · delude · dissemble · falsify · distort · manipulate · subterfuge · duplicity

disguise

Identity-concealing alteration

• camouflageConcealment through visual blending
• hideConceal or pelt
• maskFace-worn concealment

veil · cloak · shroud · screen · cover · obscure · bury · secrete · enshroud · blanket

bewilder

Cause utter confusion

• perplexCause utter confusion
• baffleConfuse or perplex
• muddleDisordered, bewildered state

befuddle · mystify · confound · obscure · complicate · disorient · bamboozle · flummox · befog · addle

ambiguous

Having multiple interpretations

• unclearNot easily understood
• nebulousUnclear and formless
• opaqueImpassable to light

cryptic · imprecise · indefinite · evasive · equivocate · hedge · euphemize · waffle · couch · dodge

encrypt

Convert to coded form

• cipherHidden writing system
• encodeConvert to cipher
• scrambleMix into disorder

hash · minify · garble · mangle · jumble · anonymize · sanitize · abstract · launder · tokenize

• deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
• concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
• darkening wordsdim, fade, shadow, shade, blacken
• evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
• dismissingbrush aside, brush off, wave off, shrug off, blow off
• stunstun, daze, shock, stupefy, stagger