2. (modifier) cheating, stealing, robbing, embezzling, dishonest.
Ko te take i mate ai ō mātau puku, ko waho o ngā tini i pania ki tētahi hinu mō ngā tāngata whānako pēnei i a mātau nei (HP 1991:123). / The reason that we had a stomach complaint was that the outside of the tins had been smeared with an oil to combat dishonest people like us.
3. (noun) thief, cheat, robber, crook, theft, thieving, robbery, dispossession.
He aha i kore ai e hopukia katoatia aua whānako? He aha i mau ai ko ngā tokorua anake? (TWMNT 16/10/1878:69). / Why weren't all those thieves caught? Why were only two caught?
