κακοτεχνία

A. base artifice, malpractice, Heraclit. [129], PRein. 16.26 (ii B. C.), OGI 669.55 (Egypt, i A. D.), CIG 2712.15 (Mylasa), Ph. 1.636, Iamb. Myst. 10.2 (pl.): freq. in pl., as law-term, fraudulent or malicious conspiracy, κακοτεχνιῶν διαδικάζεσθαι Pl. Lg. 936d; esp. subornation of perjury, D. 47.1, 49.56; δόλοι καὶ ἐπιορκίαι καὶ κ. Luc. Alex. 4.

II. bad art, applied to forensic oratory by Epicur. Fr. 51: generally, Plu. 2.228b: esp. in Rhet., false artifice, Demetr. Eloc. 27,247, Luc. Par. 27, Ath. 14.631f: pl., ἡδονὰς καὶ κ. εἰσάγων Str. 7.3.7.