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slips and capture

The English word “slips and capture” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A type of cognitive error whereby a person inadvertently performs one action while intending to do another.
  2. Particularly, the error by which a police officer bears a gun while intending to take out a Taser instead.
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