συκοφαντέω

sykophantéō. from a compound of σῦκον and a derivative of φαίνω; to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort):--accuse falsely, take by false accusation.