Meaning & use
delate
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To formally inform against or accuse someone, especially before an authority; chiefly used in older Scots legal usage.
See it in a sentence
The informant delated his neighbor to the local magistrate for smuggling.
Under the old statute, witnesses were required to delate any known crimes.
A note on using this word
"Delate" survives mainly in Scottish and South African legal terminology and is rarely encountered in everyday English.
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