misrepresent
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Its hundreds of vessels use methods like spoofing their location signals and transferring oil at sea to misrepresent the origins of their cargoes and avoid getting caught.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
She had no intention to misquote or misrepresent the rulings and that "the mistake occurred solely due to the reliance on an automatic source", the high court wrote.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
But there are things you can do as an attorney if you misrepresent the record.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2025
A spokesperson for S&S Labor Force told The Times on Thursday that Render’s allegations “are not only unfounded but also misrepresent the facts surrounding the incident in question.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
Facts are made in the image not of people, who misremember, misquote and misrepresent, but of books, immutable but mobile.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing misrepresent
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