Definition of "mislabeled" [mislabeled]

• Simple past tense and past participle of mislabel. (verb)

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• "The authors thus argue that the entire corporate mass media, including broadcasters like BBC and the so-called mislabeled "liberal media," function as a "propaganda system for elite interests.""
• "I heard the "mislabeled" files were moved from the "DOJ Hatchet Job Coverup" directory to another already established directory "IRAQ WMDs" which had lots more disk space than they anticipated."
• "Scott Metheny, a Montgomery County, Pa., police officer who travels the country lecturing children and parents about the dangers of choking, says the number of related deaths is probably much higher because accidental choking deaths are often "mislabeled" as suicides."