Example Sentences

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Mr Hogg's lawyers argued that Lord Lake had misdirected the jury.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

At an earlier hearing at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh, the Crown Office accepted that the judge had misdirected the jury and part of the verdict should be quashed.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

He had meant it for someone else, but he had misdirected it.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

Oppongagyare said the GPS had misdirected him, which was a red flag, as agents say smugglers often use that excuse.

From Washington Times • Aug. 13, 2021

No doubt he had misdirected his letters, or something of the sort.

From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna