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- Dictionarymisprision/ˌmɪsˈprɪʒn/
noun
- 1. failure to appreciate or recognize the value or identity of something: rare "he despised himself for his misprision"
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Failure to report a crime
Misprision (from, modern, "to misunderstand") in English law describes certain kinds of offence. Writers on criminal law usually divide misprision into two kinds: negative and positive. It survives in the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland only in the term misprision of treason. Wikipedia