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I saw this interesting word at m-w.com today. It means ''to accuse or denounce''. It,s a rather old word that,s mainly used in tribunals.

Funny I understood it the moment I saw it. We have delatar in Portuguese.

Brazilian dude

I would be less than elated to find myself delated.

I looked for the origin of delate, but couldn't find it. I only found confirmation of the definition.

Latin verb deferre, look here.

Brazilian dude

Thanks, I did. After reading that article, I am less inclined than ever to pine for the good old days of the Roman Empire.

Thanks, I did. After reading that article, I am less inclined than ever to pine for the good old days of the Roman Empire.

So really, a delator is simply a rat.

-- PW