fraud, deceit, cheating DN.i.5 (= DN-a.i.80 paṭirūpakena vañcanaṃ); DN.iii.176; Snp.242 (= nirāsaṃ-karaṇaṃ Snp-a.286); Ja.i.223; Pv.iii.9#5 (+ vañcana); Pp.19, Pp.23, Pp.58; Vv-a.114; Pv-a.211 (paṭirūpadassanena paresaṃ vikāro)
■ instr. nikatiyā (metri causa) Ja.i.223, nikatyā Ja.ii.183, nikacca SN.i.24. Cp nekatika.

Sk. nikṛti, see prec.