misprision

/ˌmɪsˈpɹɪʒn̩/

noun

(uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.

He was charged with misprision of a felony.

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意味（1）

(uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.

[I]f any persone were perceiued to be absent, or were sene to laughe at the folye of the emperour [Nero], he was forthe with accused, as it were, of missprision: whereby the emperour founde occasion to committe him to prison or to put hym to tortures.

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意味（2）

(uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.