misruled

past tense of misrule

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Recent Examples of misruled The result is a society that feels both rule-bound and misruled, saturated with laws and yet strangely lawless. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • Joshua Serad, of Maple Shade, stole and damaged Pride flags Monday in the business district of Haddonfield on Kings Highway, according to police.
    Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Flying bricks damaged the crossing’s signal arms, and the crossing was closed by Union Pacific.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Bianca Graham, 30, of Astoria, abused her position at the Blythebourne Post Office in Borough Park to make some extra cash at the expense of 13 victims between August 2024 and August 2025, prosecutors say.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • Seven years later, Leonard has abused an organization, alienated a fan base and basically collected nearly $300 million of Steve Ballmer’s money and burned it.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • But the court ruled in February that Republican counter plans violated a Utah referendum prohibiting gerrymandering, solidifying the single district centered on the increasingly liberal Salt Lake City.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The crash was not an accident, Adams said, because Pino violated several navigational rules — and piloted the boat without thinking about the well-being of his wife, daughter and the 11 girls on the boat.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026

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“Misruled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misruled. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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