misfile
verb [ T ] (also mis-file) uk/mɪsˈfaɪl/ us/ˌmɪsˈfaɪl/
law specialized(尤指在法庭)提交错误信息
to provide wrong or false information to be considered officially, especially by a court of law, or to provide information in the wrong way
The summons was misfiled.
Immigrants were warned that misfiling applications could result in deportation. 移民被警告说,错误提交申请可能会导致被驱逐出境。
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- The audit turned up a large number of reports that were misfiled.
- Before we had this software we couldn't find things if they were misfiled.
- It was revealed that millions of pension records had been misfiled.
- The ballots had been misfiled and rejected.