misreport 1 of 2

noun

Definition of misreportnext
as in misrepresentation

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misreport

2 of 2

verb

as in to distort

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreport
  1. distort
  2. mislead
  3. misinformation
  4. deceive
  5. lie
  6. falsify
  7. conceal
  8. distortion
Verb
  • Those contracts are known as production assistance agreements, and the claim references – but also distorts – both the regulations that govern them and two news stories about celebrities whose agreements were approved.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The Klan distorted the use of undercover operatives and informants, much as some Trump supporters have over Jan. 6.
    Brittany Friedman / Made by History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of distort
Verb
  • Con artists take advantage of moments like this to mislead people into donating money to a false cause.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Jeffrey, on the other hand, believes that his mother was misled prior to appearing on the show.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of mislead
Noun
  • However, this means that misinformation will likely not be removed from the platform.
    Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Unfortunately, red-flag laws have been the target of considerable political misinformation and alarmism.
    Alexis Cordone, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of misinformation
Verb
  • These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.
    Piyush Ranjan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of deceive
Noun
  • Former Fox Broadcasting executive Preston Padden and other activists argued that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, the father and son who control Fox Corp, should be held accountable for Fox’s promotion of Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The fourth sought to block Fox Corp.'s local TV division's renewal of the license for its Philadelphia station over corporate sibling Fox News's promotion of lies about fraud in the 2020 elections.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of lie
Verb
  • Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • What To Know After a weeks-long trial last year, a New York jury in May found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his first presidential election in 2016.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of falsify
Verb
  • In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a catastrophic stroke, a debilitating event meticulously concealed from the American public.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But Hegseth's decision to conceal the settlement—choosing self-preservation over honesty—is disqualifying.
    Greg Kelly, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of conceal
Noun
  • Works transposed into foreign languages—and cultures—inevitably suffer omissions and distortion.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The economic distortions created by centralized monetary policy, and the trillions in debt, inflationary pressures, and regulatory overreach that follow are not going away anytime soon.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of distortion
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