misprision

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as in negligence
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action an elected official charged with misprision and bribery

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Recent Examples of misprision Sullivan had been convicted by a jury of obstruction of justice and misprision of felony. Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Bogard was later convicted of misprision of a felony in relation to the Tidwell case. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2025 The man and woman were arrested and charged with misprision of a felony but later bonded out. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025 Other charges parents could face under the initiative include unlawful conduct, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, misprision, and obstruction. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025 Kendall Mims and Victoria Tippett, who both lived in a pool house with the couple, were charged with accessory after the fact, obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony, according to police. Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misprision
Noun
  • He was found to be in contempt of court for failing to comply with that judgement in January.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Despite this, the court entered another order compelling Brooksby, his trust, KFE, Sonja Brooksby and Rex King (as persons who controlled KFE) to appear and show cause why they should not be held in contempt.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After an hour of jury deliberation, Cardi was cleared on allegations of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, as well as negligence and false imprisonment.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Overall, prosecutors identified the brands’ negligence in properly auditing their supply chain partners.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No doubt my disdain for Labor Day has everything to do with its unfortunate spot on the calendar.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Knowing of my disdain for these people — and fear of them — a friend recently mentioned Austin McChord to me.
    Christian Josi, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Like most extended car warranty providers, CarShield excludes pre-existing conditions that existed before your warranty took effect, as well as damage resulting from poor maintenance, neglect or intentional abuse.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Cash remains hopeful that the provision will be implemented later because cameras could both exonerate teachers who have been falsely accused of neglect and provide evidence against those teachers who do not follow state protocols.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In May 2018, one of the funicular’s cars derailed due to a serious maintenance failure of its wheels, although the car did not overturn and no one was injured, according to Público, a Portuguese daily national newspaper.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Misprision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misprision. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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