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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
misroute .
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Examples
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When Sprint Nextel began considering bids from China's Huawei and ZTE Technologies in 2010 for a projected $5 billion upgrade of its network, a group of American senators wrote to the company's chief executive, expressing their concern that Huawei might be subject to "significant influence by the Chinese military" and that communications in the U.S. could be "disrupted, intercepted, tampered with, or purposely misrouted."
A Walled Wide Web for Nervous Autocrats Evgeny Morozov 2011
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The letter goes on to say that Chinese telecom-gear makers are potentially subject to "significant influence by the Chinese military which may create an opportunity for manipulation of switches, routers, or software embedded in American telecommunications network so that communications can be disrupted, intercepted, tampered with, or purposely misrouted."
Lawmakers Urge Scrutiny Of Chinese Gear Suppliers Shayndi Raice 2010
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Saboteurs misrouted trains, gave German motorcyclists wrong directions, switched road signs and scattered tire-busters on the roads.
Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010
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Whether it's racking up thousands of dollars in international roaming fees or encouraging dozens of eye rolls with your misrouted voice dialing -- I'm looking at you, guy who calls Ben O'Lynn in accounting every time he means to call Bennigan's for lunch -- our modern-day mobile devices provide plenty of opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment.
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Saboteurs misrouted trains, gave German motorcyclists wrong directions, switched road signs and scattered tire-busters on the roads.
Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010
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If money was lost or misrouted at the same rate as text messages, we would all be stashing hard cash under our mattresses.
Patrice Peyret: Why You Should Care About Hidden Interchange Fees in 2011 Patrice Peyret 2010
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Metro said a controller at the operations control center misrouted the train at the Stadium-Armory junction.
Blue Line train misrouted to Orange Line, bewildering riders 2010
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Saboteurs misrouted trains, gave German motorcyclists wrong directions, switched road signs and scattered tire-busters on the roads.
Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010
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Whether it's racking up thousands of dollars in international roaming fees or encouraging dozens of eye rolls with your misrouted voice-dialing -- I'm looking at you, guy who calls Ben O'Lynn in accounting every time he means to call Bennigan's for lunch -- our modern-day mobile devices provide plenty of opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment.
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If money was lost or misrouted at the same rate as text messages, we would all be stashing hard cash under our mattresses.
Patrice Peyret: Why You Should Care About Hidden Interchange Fees in 2011 Patrice Peyret 2010
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