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  • verb Present participle of miscount.

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Examples

  • Police Force fiddling of crime stats (in order to get bonuses, promotion and avoid a kicking from No 10 delivery unit no doubt) is now being described as 'miscounting'

    British Blogs 2008

  • The subject of computerized vote tampering (or "miscounting") did not make Al Franken feel very comfortable.

    CANNONFIRE 2008

  • In a final act of bungling, police on Monday revised the island death toll down to 68, after initially miscounting the corpses at 86.

    Norway police slammed for slow response to rampage 2011

  • David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.

    TEDTalks: David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud TEDTalks 2010

  • However, the 2010 sales figures, representing a drop of 4.8% from the previous year, may have actually been even lower because of miscounting by the Realtor group.

    Home Sales Rise as Prices Fall Tom Barkley 2011

  • In a final act of bungling, police on Monday revised the island death toll down to 68, after initially miscounting the corpses at 86.

    Norway police slammed for slow response to rampage 2011

  • David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.

    TEDTalks: David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud TEDTalks 2010

  • David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.

    TEDTalks: David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud TEDTalks 2010

  • David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.

    TEDTalks: David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud TEDTalks 2010

  • David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person

    TEDTalks: David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud TEDTalks 2010

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