misprisions
/mɪsˈprɪʒənz/
noun
- The act of failing to report a crime or wrongdoing, especially by someone in a position of trust.
- In some legal systems, misprisions can result in serious penalties.
- The officer was charged with misprisions for not reporting the illegal activity he witnessed.
- The whistleblower was praised for not committing misprisions by reporting the fraud.
- A misunderstanding or misinterpretation of something.
- The translator's misprisions caused confusion during the international meeting.
- His misprisions of the instructions led to a failed experiment.
- She corrected her misprisions after reading the original document.
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