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Meaning of sicofante



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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

sicofante
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Also sycophancy. Greek sykon, fig and faino, discover. Informer, professional whistleblower and flattering. Many in the classical as in all over Athens did groundless and overlooking illegal gain as many reported rich preferred to get rid of a few drachmas to be exposed to the uncertainty of a sentence to a false accusation

  



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Rodrigo

Years ago, in the Government of Rómulo Betancourt in Venezuela, used the expression " hamponato 34 sicofantes; to refer to who or who had made an attempt on his life. However, these synonym of sycophant do not suit the sense that he wanted to express the deceased former President in his address to the nation at that time. I believe that these synonyms are not correct. Am I wrong?

  










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