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as in contempt
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
his intense misprision for films that rely on CGI instead of live action is well known
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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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After pleading guilty to misprision of a felony, she was sentenced last October to 25 months in prison.
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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
In September, Munns pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony — or not reporting a crime — and was sentenced to four years.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021
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
In September, Munns pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony — or not reporting a crime — and was sentenced to four years.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021
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“Misprision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misprision. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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