mislabel
verb
mis·la·bel
ˌmis-ˈlā-bəl 
mislabeled or mislabelled; mislabeling or mislabelling
: to label (something) incorrectly or falsely
DNA tests on seafood in Texas and elsewhere have showed that seafood at markets and restaurants is mislabeled roughly one-third of the time.—
Bill Lambrecht
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Companies that mislabel their products could face a hefty fine from the FTC.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Here’s how the scheme plays out: Chinese exporters, often through freight forwarders — companies that handle the logistics of shipping merchandise — understate the value of goods or mislabel them, often both, in the shipping documents to draw lesser duties.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 May 2025
And that's before factoring in an error in the data published on DOGE's website that mislabels a contract as $8 billion, which was later corrected in the federal database to only be $8 million.
—Andre Tartar Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
And that’s before factoring in an error in the data published on DOGE’s website that mislabels a contract as $8 billion, which was later corrected in the federal database to only be $8 million.
—Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Or unscrupulous exporters mislabel them, bribing port officials to not examine their shipments too closely.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Others in the community worry that such a focus has led law enforcement to mislabel young people as gang members.
—Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
In the lawsuit targeting McClain-Hill, one employee alleged that DWP staff and a DWP contractor worked together to purposely mislabel an invoice sent to the utility so McClain-Hill could receive free food and beverages at an April conference in Beverly Hills hosted by the contractor.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
During the exchange, the president seemed to mislabel Spain as a member of BRICS bloc.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Here’s how the scheme plays out: Chinese exporters, often through freight forwarders — companies that handle the logistics of shipping merchandise — understate the value of goods or mislabel them, often both, in the shipping documents to draw lesser duties.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 May 2025
And that's before factoring in an error in the data published on DOGE's website that mislabels a contract as $8 billion, which was later corrected in the federal database to only be $8 million.
—Andre Tartar Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
And that’s before factoring in an error in the data published on DOGE’s website that mislabels a contract as $8 billion, which was later corrected in the federal database to only be $8 million.
—Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Or unscrupulous exporters mislabel them, bribing port officials to not examine their shipments too closely.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Others in the community worry that such a focus has led law enforcement to mislabel young people as gang members.
—Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
In the lawsuit targeting McClain-Hill, one employee alleged that DWP staff and a DWP contractor worked together to purposely mislabel an invoice sent to the utility so McClain-Hill could receive free food and beverages at an April conference in Beverly Hills hosted by the contractor.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
During the exchange, the president seemed to mislabel Spain as a member of BRICS bloc.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Mislabel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mislabel. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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