Misenforce

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To enforce incorrectly.

    "But exactly in proportion to his lofty estimate of law, when thus enforced and applied, he is indignant and jealous at any attempt to wrest or misenforce it:"

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"But exactly in proportion to his lofty estimate of law, when thus enforced and applied, he is indignant and jealous at any attempt to wrest or misenforce it:"

Etymology

From mis- + enforce.

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