misreport
Example Sentences
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The signals caused the equipment to misreport the aircraft’s location.
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2023
A confusing layout on the 2010 census form led some census takers to misreport the genders of opposite-sex couples, falsely inflating the number of same-sex households.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022
They also routinely exaggerate or misreport their progress, the New Climate Institute report says.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2022
And CompStat, a system that gathers data to help police pinpoint hot spots and deploy officers effectively, has become a source of controversy in Chicago and other cities where critics say police misreport crimes.
From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2015
She was going to say different from what she expected, but bethought herself of the ungraciousness of this form, since at that time Mr. Lincoln was the object of almost universal misreport and caricature.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
