misreport
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- misreporter noun
Etymology
Origin of misreport
1375–1425; late Middle English misreport ( e ) (noun), misreporten (v.); mis- 1, report
Example Sentences
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The signals caused the equipment to misreport the aircraft’s location.
From Washington Times
Those audits are designed to help the IRS capture data on certain types of tax filers who are more likely than others to misreport their incomes, even inadvertently, and they’re different from the enforcement audits designed to nab people for breaking the law.
From Washington Post
They also routinely exaggerate or misreport their progress, the New Climate Institute report says.
From BBC
Among them is how church officials could “misreport a case of violent abuse as an affair and nobody would care? … Because they had done it in the past.”
From Seattle Times
Taxpayers rarely misreport their wages and salaries, because their employers send their W-2 to the government.
From Slate
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