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delate
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delate [dɪˈleɪt]
vb (tr)
1. (Law) (formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach
2. (Law) Rare to report (an offence, etc.)
3. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Obsolete to make known or public
[from Latin dēlātus, from dēferre to bring down, report, indict, from de- + ferre to bear]
delation  n
delator  n
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Brownson's support for Americanization angered the Irish, his support for public schools embarrassed Archbishop Hughes of New York, and he was delated to Rome for his theological opinions.
I. Theodore Maynard (1890-1956): a historian of American Catholicism. ... by Hendricks, T.W. / Modern Age
As would the `dob in a dole-bludger' website: page after page of questions designed to, among other things, provide details of the appearance of the person being delated.
Editorial by Australian Journal of Social Issues
Besides, when (in September 1962) ex-mobster Joe Valachi delated to the authorities the membership, nature and structure of La Cosa Nostra -- information hitherto unknown, outside the Mob itself, in any but the most fragmented manner -- he confided his admissions to Hoover's F.
J. Edgar Hoover's final years: 1960-72 by Stove, R.J. / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
 
 
 
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