II. in moral sense, wickedness, vice, knavery, “ἡ μωρία . . ἀδελφὴ τῆς π. ἔφυ” S.Fr.925, cf. Ar.Th.868, Lys.22.16; εἰς τὴν π. πάλιν τρέπεται turns again to vice, X.Cyr.7.5.75: in pl., knavish tricks, rogueries, D.21.19, Arist.Rh.1389a18.
3. with a political connotation, mob-rule, Th.8.47.