mischarge

verb

mis·​charge ˌmis-ˈchärj 

mischarged; mischarging

transitive verb

1

: to charge an incorrect amount of money to (someone)

The restaurant mischarged us on the dinner bill.

2

: to make an incorrect or unsubstantiated legal charge against (someone)

… his client was pleased by the verdict, maintaining he had been mischarged.

—Steve Lieberman

mischarge

ˈmis-ˌchärj 

noun

plural mischarges

a mischarge on the invoice

Word History

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Medical Definition

mischarge

transitive verb

mis·​charge ˌmis-ˈchärj 

mischarged; mischarging

: to attach an incorrect amino acid to during protein synthesis

Benzer and coworkers showed in 1962 that cysteine tRNA mischarged with alanine (Ala-tRNACys) delivers alanine to growing polypeptide chains in vitro in response to cysteine codons.

—David A. Tirrell, in Physical Biology: From Atoms to Science