How to Use mislay in a Sentence
mislay
verb- I'm always mislaying my bus pass.
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In the same incident, Riplinger was charged with theft of mislaid property in the 300 block of South Rand Road.
—Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
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The past was a small notebook, much scribbled-upon, that I had somehow mislaid.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
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Some, however, think the fixation on Winslet's statements is mislaid and missing the point.
—Evelyn Wang, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2017
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Taylor was also charged with theft of lost or mislaid property for an incident that occurred in the 400 block of Lake Street.
—Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
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However, bank guarantees can get mislaid, and some find the process of handling them to be too laborious and slow.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017
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For those who picked up cash and kept it for themselves, charges could include theft of lost or mislaid property and could be a felony or misdemeanor, depending on the amount.
—Amanda Watts, CNN, 10 July 2019
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Commanders were under a lot of pressure to spend down their CERP accounts, meaning that a lot of projects were done with poor oversight — the same school being rebuilt several times, for instance — or the funds were mislaid.
—Spencer Ackerman, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2011
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Van is the one who pulls Earn toward responsibility and stability, out of bad decisions and mislaid schemes and back into the real world.
—Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 1 Mar. 2018
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But this wasn’t abandoned property; it was mislaid property.
—New York Times, 16 July 2019
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Perez is charged with two counts of felony home invasion with a dangerous weapon, as well as misdemeanor charges in connection with resisting or obstructing a peace officer and theft of lost or mislaid property.
—Stacy St. Clair, chicagotribune.com, 29 May 2017
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