Meanings
plural mispers
- slanggovernmentA missing person.
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‘I had my researchers check the files on all the mispers and cold cases five years either side of that date estimate, on females of that approximate age. This is what they found. Fill your boots.’ He took a large gulp of his drink. / ‘I’m impressed, you've been moving fast.’ / ‘On it like a car bonnet, mate.’
2015, Peter James, You Are Dead, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN
Origin
Portmanteau of missing + person Shortening of missing person as in “missing persons report”.
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misper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misper
“misper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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