delate
verb (used with object)
to inform against; denounce or accuse.
delator
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a word derived from
delate.
Example Sentences
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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 Samuel Dill
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 George Middleton
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 Samuel Dill
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 John Addington Symonds
A delator, or professional informer, was an infamous character.
From The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey
