defraud

(on conjectures as to the origin of the term, v. LS, s.v.), (Aristoph., Xen., al.): (R, mg.) (RV,; but cf. Hatch, , 89 ff., v. also Field, , 56 f.; MM, xxiv).† to act the to accuse falsely exact wrongfully συκοφάντης Lk 3:14 19:8 Essays Notes

to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort)

accuse falsely, take by false accusation