crookedness, perverting justice taking bribes to get people into unlawful possessions (Bdhgh.) DN.i.5; DN.iii.176; SN.v.473; AN.ii.209, AN.v.206; DN-a.i.79 = Pp-a.240 (“assāmike sāmike kātuṃ lañcagahaṇaṃ”).

fr. ud + * kuṭ; to be crooked or to deceive, cp. kujja & kuṭila crooked