felony
noun
[ ˈfɛləni ]
• a crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour.
• "he pleaded guilty to six felonies"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French felonie, from felon (see felon1).
misprision
noun
• the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French mesprision ‘error’, from mesprendre, from mes- ‘wrongly’ + prendre ‘to take’.
