ἀντιμηχανάομαι
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
A contrive against or in opposition, ἄλλα ἀ. Hdt.8.52, cf. E Ba.291; σβεστήρια κωλύματα Th.7.53: abs., Arist.HA613b27; πρός τι X.HG5.3.16.