mismate

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to get valuations back in line with reality, by punishing firms that mismark their companies and auditors that look the other way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The bank revealed in July it had found evidence that some CIO employees in London may have tried to hide losses in the CIO's books by trying to mismark the values of some derivatives trades.

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2013

As he said in his allocution, he was directed by his boss and his boss’s boss, two senior officials at Credit Suisse to mismark the book.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 1, 2012

Something very like a scowl answered the look of indignation upon Margaret Hayley's face, as he said: "Humph! well, he has been keen enough, it seems, to mismark his handkerchief too!"

From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Morford, Henry

These are very often Griffons of the usual colour, with a mismark of white or black, or occasionally they may be grey or fawn.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert