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Delator

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De`la´tor
n.1.An accuser; an informer.
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93) Yet another delator remarked rather disarmingly that he had adopted Judaism, not because any "Judaizer" had threatened to harm or kill him, but because the alternative was to remain socially and economically isolated--"alone" and "without anyone"--among the expatriates.
Becoming Jewish in early modern France: documents on Jewish ... by Graizbord, David / Journal of Social History
The right to file charges against a fellow citizen was not in itself new, but took on a new character when the state began awarding the delator a share of the property of the accused; a successful accusation of treason, for example, carried as a prize a quarter of the victim's estate.
Tripp wire: how informers ended up behind every office potted plant by Olson, Walter / Reason
 
 
 
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