whakakūare
1. (verb) (-tia) to keep in ignorance, debase.
Haere ana hoki āna whakahē mō ngā āhua nei, mō te toko i te ora kāwanatanga me te tikanga o te ‘whāngai noa atu’, he whakaiwikore i te tangata kia kaua e mahi, ā, he whakakūare kē hoki ki te tiaki moni (TTR 2000:138). / He was critical of the welfare state and of ‘hand-outs’, which discouraged work and thrift (DNZB 2000:386).
2. (modifier) misleading, fictitious, untruthful, deceitful.
Tēnā pea te wehi o taua Minita Maori ki 'Te Waka', i tahuri ai ia ki tēnā mahi whakakūare i a ia, arā te whakakīkī i tā mātou kaimahi kia raruraru ai mātou (TWMNT 15/3/1879:338). / Perhaps the Minister of Native Affairs is afraid of 'Te Waka' and so he has set about misinforming him, that is of influencing our employee to cause problems for us.
Synonyms: whakapōhēhē, hāwatewate, tuapeka
