misapprehension

Claims that men are "innocent" in the face of overwhelming evidence of guilt are rarely about a sincere misapprehension of the facts.

The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works.

Fox and Musk have gotten away with spreading disinformation because of a self-serving misapprehension of the political speech doctrine: The First Amendment protects ‘core political speech’ above all other forms of expression.

Some Angelenos labor under the misapprehension that on New Year’s Eve you can legally shoot a gun in the air.

Instead we’re contending with the fallout of another strongman’s disastrous misapprehension of his enemies.