misprision
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- noun
- /ˈmɪsprɪzən/
- Formal
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- Under the law, misprision occurs when someone knowingly hides information about a felony.
Examples
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They have done nothing so far, and they will continue to do nothing as they are cowards and should all be charged with misprision of treason for allowing Ovomit to get away with all his crimes.
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Misprision of Treason.
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It's called misprision of felony.
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"Misprision of felony", the law calls it.
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Walter thinks we can knock out the misprision of felony charge.
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Misprision of felony by our elected officials.
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If the oath required of all also included acknowledgment of existing statutory duties such as 18 USC 4 "Misprision of Felony," then most of the current problems arising from justifiable fear could lose 95% of their cause.
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A witness may be charged with misprision if they fail to report a crime they have seen.
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The court reviewed several cases of misprision involving public officials who did not report crimes.
Synonyms
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An attempt to hide a crime or scandal from the public
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Keeping something hidden or secret
Failure to tell important facts to officials or companies when required
Hiding something so people cannot see or know about it
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
misprision = mis + prision
The legal sense ('failure to report' or concealment of a crime) is specialized and not inferable from the visible parts; the apparent components do not yield this meaning to most learners.
Etymology
Misprision comes from the same parts mis- 'wrong' and prise 'to take' or 'to hold', and long ago it began to mean 'holding back' information. So in law misprision means the crime of failing to report or hiding a known crime.