misaccount
to account badly, wrongfully, or in error
transitive
[…] having transpired in the village previous to the still more remarkable event which had struck dismay into the hearts of young and old, the journey was instantly attributed by those idle talkers who love nothing better than to misaccount for the movements and motives of their neighbours, […]
Where it comes from
From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry misaccount (CC BY-SA 4.0).