underreport
verb
un·der·re·port
ˌən-dər-ri-ˈpȯrt 
underreported; underreporting; underreports
: to report to be less than is actually the case : understate
underreports his income
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Think about it: There's little incentive to underreport your salary and wages.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
After a scathing Wall Street Journal investigation into Bank of America’s workplace culture, managers at the company have told junior bankers to report times they were instructed to underreport their working hours.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
Trump also asserted Thursday without evidence that journalists underreport the size of the crowds at his rallies.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
The suit highlighted an ethics complaint made known to investors in March 2022, which alleged that an employee was told to falsify documents to underreport the number of defects in Spirit AeroSystems products.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
After a scathing Wall Street Journal investigation into Bank of America’s workplace culture, managers at the company have told junior bankers to report times they were instructed to underreport their working hours.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
Trump also asserted Thursday without evidence that journalists underreport the size of the crowds at his rallies.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
The suit highlighted an ethics complaint made known to investors in March 2022, which alleged that an employee was told to falsify documents to underreport the number of defects in Spirit AeroSystems products.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Underreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underreport. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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