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
Meantime, when I come to look at the newspaper with my own eyes, I am astonished at the misreport of my informants.
From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
