delation
Americannoun
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The cowardly assault did not save the minister, who was too deeply compromised in the delation scandal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
In a few short months, by a campaign of delation and espionage, he had completely disorganized the army, the only really national institution left in France.
From A Volunteer Poilu by Beston, Henry
They all agree, moreover, in holding delation of accomplices as the indispensable evidence of true conversion.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
Rash judgments.—Analysis of a treatise of Nicole.—Envy; rancor; delation.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul
Some rumours reached de Molay of the delation made by the Toulousian prisoners, but the pope reassured him in an interview, April 1307, and lulled him into security.
From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine
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