τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν → relaxed the strictness of the doctrine of perpetual strife
P. and V. κλωπικός (Plato, Eur., Rhesus).
have a thievish look: Ar. κλέπτον βλέπειν ( Vespae 900).