Pāli Dictionary

nekatika

nikatistemikasuffix

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

kuhaka, kerāṭika, vañcaka

general

  • a cheat, swindler, fraudster, counterfeiter

  • DN 31

    cha kho'me, gahapatiputta, ādīnavā pāpamittānuyoge. ye dhuttā, ye soṇḍā, ye pipāsā, ye nekatikā, ye vañcanikā, ye sāhasikā. ty'āssa mittā honti te sahāyā.

  • deceitful, dishonest, fraudulent

  • Thag 16.10

    nekatikā vañcanikā, kūṭasakkhī apāṭukā, bahūhi parikappehi, āmisaṃ paribhuñjare.

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