A.“δαιμόνια κακοεργά” Aen.Gaz.Thphr.p.60B.), ον, (ἔργον) doing ill, mischievous, knavish, once in Hom., ἀλλά με γαστὴρ ὀτρύνει κακοεργός importunate, Od.18.54; freq. later, “κλῶπες κακοῦργοι” Hdt. 1.41; “κ. ἀνήρ” S.Aj.1043; also “κακουργότατος λόγος” D.20.125; “κ. μάχαιρα” AP11.136 (Lucill.); “-ότατα εἰπεῖν” Antipho 2.4.2. Adv. “-γως” Poll.3.132.
2. as Subst., malefactor, criminal in the eye of the law, Ps.-Phoc.133, Th.1.134, PLille 1.7.20 (iii B.C.), Ev.Luc. 23.32, etc.; “οὐδεὶς κακοεργός” Theoc.15.47; at Athens, technically, thief, robber, “ὁ τῶν κακούργων νόμος” Antipho5.9, cf. 16, Lys.13.78, D.22.28, 24.102.