κακοπραγμονέω
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English (LSJ)
A do ill, Plb.3.2.8, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1302] böse, arglistig handeln; Pol. 3, 2, 8 u. öfter; Plut. Dion. 49.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
avoir ou exécuter de mauvais desseins.
Étymologie: κακοπράγμων.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κᾰκοπραγμονέω: коварно поступать, злонамеренно действовать Polyb., Plut.