Greek word
sykophantéō
συκοφαντέω
What it means
to be a fig-informer, sycophant, i.e. to defraud
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)
Where it comes from
from a compound of sŷkon (σῦκον) and a derivative of phaínō (φαίνω)