false report
Deliberately inaccurate statement
A false report is a statement or account that misrepresents the facts, whether through error, exaggeration, or deliberate fabrication.
The term often appears in legal contexts where filing a false report—especially with police—is a crime: She was charged with filing a false report.
News organizations issue corrections when they publish false reports.
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
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- speech crimesdefamation, libel, slander, hate speech, incitement
- legal misconductobstruction, perjury, contempt, jury tampering, evidence tampering
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- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
- false accusationswrongful accusation, bum rap, frame-up, frameup, framing
- media errorstypo, misquote, factual error, misspelling, correction
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