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 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 After pleading guilty to misprision of a felony, she was sentenced last October to 25 months in prison. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2024 Scott Finkbeiner, the sheriff of Hot Spring County who was indicted on federal charges of obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony last November, was arrested again Wednesday on new charges. Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 12 Apr. 2024 On June 27, Blanchard pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and Frazier pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony. Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023 She was later convicted of misprision of a felony and sentenced to probation. Clare Hymes, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021 The second, misprision of felony, was due to Sullivan’s concealment of the hack. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 5 May 2023 If convicted, Sullivan would face a maximum of five years in prison for the obstruction charge and three years for the misprision charge. Victoria Albert, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2020 Tuma, who frequently works with companies responding to data breaches, says that the more concerning conviction in terms of future precedent is the misprision of felony charge. WIRED, 8 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misprision
Noun
  • Sheridan, while working for Arpaio, was found in civil contempt of court in connection with the Melendres racial profiling lawsuit.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • On Tuesday, he was released from a federal prison after serving four months for contempt of Congress over his defiance of a subpoena from investigators into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The filing also mentions a negligence and breach of contract lawsuit filed against Trinity Water Services, LLC, a consolidated entity of Reserve Petroleum, seeking relief in excess of $1,000,000.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In the months after, the dispute spilled onto social media and then into court—with Lanez charged with three felonies, including discharging a firearm with gross negligence—and many people took his side, accusing Pete of lying about what had happened.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Too many liberals forgot this, which explains how a figure like Trump, with his boisterous and transgressive disdain for liberal pieties, could be reelected to the presidency.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The southpaw hasn't voiced any disdain for the franchise and the Braves value him tremendously.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • On an international level, too..., one country’s climate response can easily leave another country impoverished, either through neglect, foolishness or outright malevolence.
    Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Briefly, this index adds up all the adverse events – including forms of neglect, abuse or other household dysfunction – an individual experienced during childhood into a single cumulative score.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Real failure is letting your ego drive the bus of your life right off the cliff.
    Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The failure of Rodgers to produce anywhere close to his usual level while with the Packers will be a stain on Douglas’ resume.
    Dennis Waszak Jr., Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024

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“Misprision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misprision. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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