misidentify
verb [ T ] (also mis-identify) uk/ˌmɪs.aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/ us/ˌmɪs.aɪˈden.t̬ə.faɪ/
将…误认为…
to wrongly say or think that someone or something is a particular person or thing
Their clients were misidentified as terrorists.
It is extremely easy to misidentify animals. 非常容易把一种动物误认为是另一种。
Some children mis-identify the root forms of words.
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- A story in Wednesday's paper misidentified his stepmother as his mother.
- The article misidentified the town where the school is located.
- The mine's location was misidentified in the caption.
- Many of these murders were never investigated or were misidentified as accidental deaths.