misprision vs whitewash

misprision

noun
  • Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance of this. 

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

  • Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an instance of this; a mistake. 

  • Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing. 

  • Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn. 

  • 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. 

whitewash

noun
  • A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements. 

  • The most basic type of thickening agent, flour blended with water to make a paste. 

  • A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white. 

  • A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep. 

verb
  • To cover over errors or bad actions. 

  • In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk. 

  • To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence. 

  • To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by discounting the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation. 

How often have the words misprision and whitewash occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )