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Interpret mistakenly (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misconstrue

(Other definitions for misconstrue that I've seen before include "Wrongly interpret" , "Put wrong interpretation on" , "Wrongly get hold of" , "Take the wrong way" , "get the wrong idea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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