delate
/dɪˈleɪt/verb
with obj.
1- archaic report (an offence or crime)〈古〉报（案）, 告发（不妥的行为或犯罪）：
they may delate my slackness to my patron.
他们可能向我的赞助人告发我的懒散。
1.1
- inform against or denounce (someone)告发（某人）：
they deliberated together on delating her as a witch.
他们一起预谋告她是女巫。
派生词
delation
noundelator
noun词源
late 15th cent.: from Latin delat- 'referred， carried away'， from the verb deferre （see DEFER2）.