slips and capture

English

Noun

slips and capture pl (plural only)

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