Lead someone to make a statement

Is the verb "lead" used in the sense of "getting someone to do something by a cunning" Does the phrase "lead someone to say something" make sense? Also, would it make sense if I turned it around e.g. "Don't let be led into saying that!". Would the preposition "on" change anything: "Don't let be led on into saying that!".

Solution 1:

Yes, one of the meanings of to lead is:

to cause someone to do something, especially something bad:

[ + to infinitive ] The brochure led me to believe that the price included home delivery.

also in the passive form:

It's worrying that such a prominent politician is so easily led.

I think you can use the verb in your sentence.

​to lead somebody on: means:

to persuade someone to believe something that is untrue: All that time she'd been leading him on (= pretending she liked him), but she was only interested in his money.