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misreport

[mis-ri-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˌmɪs rɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt /






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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

One that would neither misreport nor lie, Not to gain paradise: no, nor if the Pope, Charged him to do it—he is white as death.

From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron