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Verb: misplace  mis'pleys
  1. Place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
    "misplaced modifiers"
     
  2. Place (something) where one cannot find it again
    "I misplaced my eyeglasses";
    - mislay

Derived forms: misplacing, misplaced, misplaces

Type of: lay, lose, place, pose, position, put, set