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construe [kənˈstruː]
vb -strues, -struing, -strued (mainly tr)
1. to interpret the meaning of (something) you can construe that in different ways
2. (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce
3. (Linguistics / Grammar) to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (esp a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation)
4. (Linguistics / Grammar) to combine (words) syntactically
5. (also intr) Old-fashioned to translate literally, esp aloud as an academic exercise
Im not quite understanding how the officers responding can "construe" a disorderly conduct charge, based on the definition of the word, I think the word the officer was looking for was Fabricate.Its just a prime example of how SOME LEO's enforce Missouri Statutes and City Ordinances on how they see fit, not as the laws are written...