The corpus record

κᾰκηγορ-έω

kakegoreo

speak ill of, abuse, slander

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Where it lives

Minos 1 · 3.51/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Meno 1 · 1.02/10k
Gorgias 2 · 0.76/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

speak ill of, abuse, slander, evil-speaking, to be abused

speak ill of, abuse, slander, τινα Pl. Smp. 173d, R. 395e, al.; τινὰ πρός τινα (v.l. παρά τινι) Ps.-Phoc. 226: abs., ἀπεχόμενος . . τοῦ κακηγορεῖν from evil-speaking, Pl. Lg. 934e, cf. Arist. EN 1129b23, Hyp. Fr. 246:—Pass., to be abused, Pl. R. 368b.

In the wild

κακηγορεῖν · kakēgorein Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1129b (DIORISIS sentence 1550)
κακηγορούντων · kakēgorountōn Plato, Epistles 310
κακηγόρει · kakēgorei Plato, Gorgias 467
κακηγορεῖν · kakēgorein Plato, Gorgias 522
κακηγορεῖν · kakēgorein Plato, Laws 934
κακηγορείτω · kakēgoreitō Plato, Laws 934

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