Informers · Atlas

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The informers1 mention

Crito (Greek)

Besides, don’t you see how cheap these informers are, and that not much money would be needed to silence them?

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BirdsClassical · Greek

The class of professional accusers (sycophants) who, according to Epops, prey on honest men like Callias.

so the informers set upon him and the women too pluck out his feathers.

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An Essay on Crimes and PunishmentsEnlightenment · English

Persons who denounce or accuse others, discussed in relation to secret and public accusation systems.

The necessity of protecting the informer from infamy.

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But in all governments as well in a republic as in a monarchy, the punishment, due to the crime of which one accuses another, ought to be inflicted on the informer.

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CritoClassical · Greek

People who might report or threaten Crito and his friends for helping Socrates escape

Besides, don’t you see how cheap these informers are, and that not much money would be needed to silence them?

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you are not considering me and your other friends, are you, fearing that, if you escape, the informers will make trouble for us by saying that we stole you away, and we shall be forced to lose either all our property or a good deal of money, or be punished in some other way besides?

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