astray
/əˈstɹeɪ/ adverb C1- Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
- Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.
From the library
WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf’s right to eat him.
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