A.use base arts, deal fraudulently, “ἔς τινα” Hdt.6.74, PEleph.1.9 (iv B. C.); “περὶ τὰς δίκας” D.46.25: abs., Antipho 1.22, D. 29.11, 35.56.
2. Rhet., use false artifices of style, Demetr.Eloc. 28, 250.
2. falsify, “οὐ κακοτεχνησῶ οὐδὲν τῶν . . γεγραμμένων” GDI5039.19 (Hierapytna); counterfeit, imitate, [αἱματίτης] “κεκακοτεχνημένος” Dsc.5.126.