mischaracterize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Nevertheless, “Devil in Disguise” interrogates the police’s tendency to mischaracterize his victims, fueling the media and the public’s subsequent rush to cast the dead as somehow deserving of their fate.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025
Greg Burt, vice president of the Christian-based California Family Council, contended that opponents of book bans mischaracterize the efforts of organizations like his to control access to some books by minors.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
“People sometimes mischaracterize U.K. security policy as being a poodle of the U.S.,” he said.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024
They also fret that the information released could mischaracterize the overall findings or provide enough clues about identities to damage the reputations of lab associates or co-authors not involved in the misconduct.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023
Just leave it to the haters to mischaracterize things.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2023
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