Lead to a wrong conclusion (6)

I believe the answer is:

delude

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'lead' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for delude that I've seen before include "Kid" , "Lead into false belief" , "Deceive, lead on" , "swindle" , "Eluded so as to deceive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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