misrepresent
Example Sentences
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Uber avoided paying the taxes by misrepresenting its contracts with its French drivers, according to online publication Revue21, in the US company's latest dispute in Europe over the status of its drivers.
From Barron's
“We could see that she was being misrepresented and denied her rightful place in history.”
From Los Angeles Times
Pelley even noted their evasiveness before suggesting that their organization intentionally misrepresents outliers — such as when books intended for high school students accidentally land on elementary school shelves — to produce skewed narratives of public schools.
From Salon
Documents show she described the property in question as a “vacation home” to her lender when seeking an initial loan estimate, potentially undercutting the claim that she misrepresented it as a primary residence.
It later added an allegation that he misrepresented information on his green-card application.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
