mistrace

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ trace

Verb

mistrace (third-person singular simple present mistraces, present participle mistracing, simple past and past participle mistraced)

  1. (transitive) To trace incorrectly.
    • 1984, California (volume 9, page 108)
      As it turned out, Pacific Telephone had mistraced the call and sent the FBI on a wild-goose chase […]

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