false report

collocation in English

meaningsoffalseandreport

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false
adjective
uk
/fɒls/us
/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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report
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈpɔːt/us
/rɪˈpɔːrt/
;
a teacher's written statement to parents about a child's ability and performance ...
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(Definition offalseandreportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse report

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Once the forensic interviewer documents afalsereport, the documentation is now a matter of written record and takes on a life of its own.
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I ask him to go and see for himself, so that he will not be let down by individuals who make such afalsereport.
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We are not discussing an exaggerated, malicious orfalsereport.
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I know from my colleagues on the stipendiary bench that they sometimes treat wasting police time or givingfalsereportas very serious.
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It is quite true that there was afalsereport, which disturbed many of us.
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He has been broken by a completelyfalsereportin the press.
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If thefalsereporthad appeared on the front page, the denial would also have to be on the front page, and rightly so.
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Have the media been told to shut up or was the claim, by any chance, an overexcited bit of spin—afalsereport?
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I am aware of this regrettable incident, the responsibility for which rests with a news agency which circulated afalsereportwithout taking any steps to get official confirmation.
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He repudiates thefalsereport.
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I fear that thatfalsereportplayed it own part in exacerbating, at any rate, the riots which ensued, if not in fact in prolonging them.
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Whoever alleges or files afalsereport, an essentiallyfalsereportor an unfounded complaint. 3.
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In exchange for pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of filing afalsereport, all other charges, including two felonies, were dropped.
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She was charged with filing afalsereportto police, but pled not guilty.
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Ten of the spies decided to bring back afalsereport, emphasizing the difficulty of the task before them.
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Fender laughed off thefalsereportat the time.
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Now there is a difference here between that and afalsereport.
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He sends back the servant and instructs him to spread afalsereportthat the young prince is dead.
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The teenager was then arrested for thefalsereport.
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