"mistax" meaning in English

See mistax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: mistaxes [present, singular, third-person], mistaxing [participle, present], mistaxed [participle, past], mistaxed [past]
Etymology: From mis- + tax. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mis-|tax}} mis- + tax Head templates: {{en-verb}} mistax (third-person singular simple present mistaxes, present participle mistaxing, simple past and past participle mistaxed)
  1. (transitive) To tax inappropriately. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020, George K. Yin, Karen C. Burke, Partnership Taxation, page 328:",
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        "(transitive) To tax inappropriately."
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