delator
- a word derived from delate.
Example Sentences
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The suppression of free political life, the absence of public interests, and the extinction of the trade of the delator, left young men with a passion for distinction few chances of gratifying it.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
This fee was il quarto, or the fourth part of the criminal’s fine, which came to the delator.
From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Symonds, John Addington
Compared with this base espionage, even the trade of the delator becomes almost respectable.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
A delator, or professional informer, was an infamous character.
From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas
It is a melancholy proof of the degradation of that society that the delator could be proud of his craft and even envied and admired.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
