misapply

Example Sentences

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“So they’re desperately trying to abuse and misapply the law … again. This is a dark moment in American history — but we won’t let them get away with it.”

From Los Angeles Times

The filing asked the court to vacate the decision to revoke Baltz’s licenses, arguing that the nursing board misinterpreted and misapplied relevant statutes in its disciplining of him, among other contentions.

From Los Angeles Times

They are playing on some people’s ignorance about the vaccines and others’ “tragically misapplied libertarianism.”

From Washington Post

Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the Minnesota courts “plainly misinterpreted and misapplied” the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which was also at issue in the Philadelphia case.

From Seattle Times

Madera-Rodriguez’s attorneys also said military prosecutors misapplied the law when it came to the murder charge.

From Seattle Times