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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

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

Pliny tells us that Silius had risen by acting as a delator under Nero, who made him consul A.D.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

"Half to the State and half to the delator, or accuser," answered that worthy, learned in the law of pillage.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

The laws of Augustus for the restoration of social morality gave the first chance to the professional delator.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel