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mistook
verb as in mix up, misunderstand
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An MP has admitted he mistook a charity rowing crew for "illegal migrants".
The German U-boat had been spotted earlier that morning, but a crew member mistook it for a small fishing vessel.
Mr Perks, a consultant plastic surgeon who had recently retired, was woken by the break-in and initially mistook the defendant for his son, before Brooks stabbed him in the abdomen.
The restaurant initially mistook Paul for his identical twin "coming back for seconds" and denied him any food.
"We will make mistakes," he said in February, after his department mistook a region of Mozambique for Hamas-controlled Gaza while cutting an aid programme.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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