misrepresentation
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A misrepresentation is when you misrepresent, or lie about, something that happened. If you say you were the quarter back of the football team but really you were the mascot, that’s a misrepresentation. A misrepresentation is a misstatement of the facts. It’s more than casting a different light on something; it’s deceptive and untrue. It’s a misrepresentation to tell your parents you went to the principal’s office to talk about books if you really got sent there for talking in class. Misrepresentations are deliberately misleading. They’re lies.
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Following his sentencing to three-and-a-half years in prison for two counts of fraud by misrepresentation, his victims Joanne Brandon-Hodgkinson and Helen Moorefield hope that, by speaking out, they will alert possible future victims.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Paramount wants the suit dismissed because it “distorts settled antitrust law and is based on a misrepresentation of competition in the entertainment industry today.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Depending on the facts and the state, that could constitute fraudulent misrepresentation, concealment or a breach of fiduciary duty.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Such practices “spanned a wide spectrum of projects in what appeared to be a company-wide pattern of financial misrepresentation and misleading disclosures,” the lawsuit states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Most important, from the point of view of the friendship, Jefferson admitted that his behind-the-scenes criticism of Adams had been a willful misrepresentation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
In that 2024 case, the state bar revoked Mr. Eastman’s license for alleged misrepresentations of law and misleading statements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
And that person may be the next government lawyer to face serious consequences for misrepresentations to a court.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026
"But Congress has mandated that we protect consumers from material misrepresentations and omissions, including when the product or service offered to consumers is a speech-related product."
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
The trivial amounts involved in providing these lifesaving interventions may come as a shock to many — especially after all the grotesque misreporting and misrepresentations on the subject.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
The deacon of whom I wrote yesterday, preached in a vexing manner and Brother Smith was highly wrought up over the misrepresentations of my position.
From The Story of a Life by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)
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