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Misprision in a sentence

Misprision meaning

  1. Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
  2. 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.
  3. Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.

Using Misprision

  • The main meaning on this page is: Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this. | 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. | Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake.
  • In the example corpus, misprision often appears in combinations such as: misprision of, and misprision.

Context around Misprision

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Misprision

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

charged with misprision of treason 1× count of misprision of a 1× justice and misprision of a 1× treason and misprision of treason 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

garvin pled guilty 1× koroma has also 1× mims the mother 1× section iii of 1×

Common sentence endings:

and civic education 1× of a felony 1× procedure and evidence 1× receiving federal funds 1×

Words around Misprision

Just before it in the word index:

misprints 4 misprint 9 mispricing 4 mispriced 13 misplays 4 misplayed 16

Just after it in the word index:

mispronounce 4 mispronounced 19 mispronouncing 3 mispronunciation 7 mispronunciations 2 misquotations 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Misprision

  • In this selection, "misprision" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include charged with misprision of treason and count of misprision of a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "misprision" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with misprision

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Garvin pled guilty in January 2012 to one count of misprision of a felony (theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds). (22 words)

Mims – the mother of Barnes’ infant child – and 20-year-old were charged with accessory after the fact, obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony. (26 words)

Section III of the Act required the Scottish courts to try cases of treason and misprision of treason according to English rules of procedure and evidence. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge of treasonable acts, according to a statement from the ministry of information and civic education. (31 words)

Mims – the mother of Barnes’ infant child – and 20-year-old were charged with accessory after the fact, obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony. (26 words)

Section III of the Act required the Scottish courts to try cases of treason and misprision of treason according to English rules of procedure and evidence. (26 words)

Example sentences (4)

Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge of treasonable acts, according to a statement from the ministry of information and civic education.

Mims – the mother of Barnes’ infant child – and 20-year-old were charged with accessory after the fact, obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony.

Garvin pled guilty in January 2012 to one count of misprision of a felony (theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds).

Section III of the Act required the Scottish courts to try cases of treason and misprision of treason according to English rules of procedure and evidence.

Common combinations with misprision

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "misprision" in a sentence?
An example: "Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge of treasonable acts, according to a statement from the ministry of information and civic education." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "misprision" from authentic English texts.
What does "misprision" mean?
Misprision means: Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty, especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of this.
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "misprision", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.