false information that is given deliberately (尤指政府机构故意发布的)虚假信息,假消息 The government launched a campaign of propaganda and disinformation. 政府发起了一场宣传和造谣运动。 It was a very plausible piece of disinformation. 这条消息简直能以假乱真。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisinformation is used before these nouns:- campaign
Word Origin1950s: formed on the pattern of Russian dezinformatsiya.