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 on the Web 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

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“Misprision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misprision. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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