were classifying
- past progressive of classify.
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The chief inspector of probation, Dame Glenys Stacey, said that probation staff in the south-west were classifying offenders as low-risk just to meet government targets, grossly misclassifying the risk they posed to society.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019