Misreport
(verb)
To report something incorrectly or falsely, to provide an inaccurate account of something.
Origin:
Compound word formed by mis + report, meaning to report something incorrectly or falsely.
Examples:
- The news agency misreported the facts.
- He misreported the results of the study.
- The reporter misreported the story.
- The newspaper misreported the event.
- The misreport caused confusion and had to be corrected later.