| The effect of this was to remove the offence of misprision of felony, which includes the offence of failing to report a crime. |
| Concealment of a serious crime by one who knows of its commission but was not a party to it is misprision. |
| These pert, bird-like ways formed her shield against ridicule and misprision. |
| The term misprision also embraces the conduct of government officials charged with maladministration in public office. |
| The chief justice ruled that this did not amount to treason, but was at most misprision of treason. |
| And all slander against the king, queen, or their issue, was subjected to the penalty of misprision of treason. |
