μεθοδεία

A. craft, wiliness, Ep.Eph. 4.14: pl., μ. τοῦ διαβόλου ib.6.11.
II. method of collecting taxes or debts (in form μεθοδία), POxy. 1134.9 (v A. D.), 136.18 (vi A. D.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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