mistook

[ mi-stook ]

verb

1. the simple past tense of mistake.

mistook

/ mɪˈstʊk /

verb

1. the past tense of mistake

Example Sentences

Last month, members of the military killed six migrants in southern Chiapas state whom they apparently mistook for gang members.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr de Menezes, an electrician from Brazil, was followed and shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder at Stockwell Underground station by two police marksman who mistook him for a suicide bomber.

From BBC

Specifically, he called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage," which no one mistook for being a comment about the famous vacation spot's natural beauty.

From Salon

Austin Piatt, who lived next door to Nguyen’s apartment, was home when he and his roommate heard the gunshots which they first mistook for fireworks.

From Los Angeles Times

That was the case for a Netherlands museum, which says a maintenance worker mistook hyperrealistic art pieces for garbage.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• confuse
• miscalculate
• misconstrue
• misinterpret
• misjudge
• misread
• overestimate
• overlook
• underestimate