Etymology

misget

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Today it means: To get wrongly or unlawfully; to procure by unlawful means. Full definition →

Middle English misgeten
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommisgeten
  2. English todaymisget

From Middle English misgeten, equivalent to mis- + get.

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