I. A receiver, shelterer: “civium,” who releases from servitude, Prud. Cath. 12, 144.—
II. In a bad sense, a hider, harborer, concealer: “non tantum qui rapiunt, verum is quoque, qui recipit ex causis supra scriptis tenetur, quia receptores non minus delinquunt quam aggressores,” Dig. 47, 9, 3, § 3; cf. “furum,” ib. 1, 18, 13: ipse ille latronum occultator et receptor locus, * Cic. Mil. 19, 50: “praedarum receptor et socius populandi,” Tac. A. 4, 23: “abigeorum,” Dig. 47, 14, 3.—