τὸ κηρύκειον ἢ τὴν μάχαιραν → peace or the sword
P. and V. μαστιγίας, ὁ (Sophocles, Fragment, also Ar.), Ar. and V. κέντρων, ὁ (Sophocles, Fragment), or use adj., P. and V. πανοῦργος, κακοῦργος.