奸かん譎きつ

noun, na-adjective

iniquity; wickedness; dishonesty

Rare, literary term for moral corruption, deceit, or wickedness. Not used in everyday conversation; encountered mainly in classical or formal texts.

• その政せい治じ家かの奸かん譎きつな振ふる舞まいは、やがて国こく民みんの知しるところとなった。

  The politician's wicked and deceitful behavior eventually became known to the public.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには、奸かん譎きつを尽つくす悪あく役やくがしばしば登とう場じょうする。

  In classical literature, villains who commit every kind of iniquity often appear.