adjective
Apāṭuka (adjective) [a + pātu + ka (?), according to Morris JPTS 1893, 7 derived from apaṭu not sharp, blunt, uncouth. This is hardly correct. See pātur] not open, sly, insidious Thag 940 (as v.l. for Text avāṭuka, translated by Mrs. Rh.D. as "unscrupulous", by Neumann, LMN as "ohne {48} Redlichkeit"). Context suggests a meaning similar to the preceding nekatika, i.e. fraudulent See also next.
unscrupulous; dishonest
(adj, adj, from na pātu) devious; sly; insidious; (comm) left-handed; with unrestrained lifestyle not open; sly; insidious Construction: na > a + pāṭu + ka