mistax
mistax verb: to tax inappropriately.
Verb
mistax (third-person singular simple present mistaxes, present participle mistaxing, simple past and past participle mistaxed)
- To tax inappropriately.
- If a rare transaction is mistaxed, taxpayers have an incentive to find it and exploit it.2004, Henry Aaron, Joel Slemrod, The Crisis in Tax Administration, page 36
- That citizens would not be unrepresented, mistaxed, overlorded, or involuntarily impressed into military service put the country in a New World indeed.2008, Orville Vernon Burton, The Age of Lincoln: A History
Forms of mistax
| third-person singular present | mistaxes |
|---|---|
| present participle | mistaxing |
| past participle | mistaxed |
| past | mistaxed |
Origin of mistax
From mis- + tax.
Questions about mistax
- What does mistax mean?
- Mistax means to tax inappropriately.
- What part of speech is mistax?
- Mistax is a verb.
- What is the past tense of mistax?
- The past tense of mistax is mistaxed.
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