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iztlacatoca.

Headword: 
iztlacatoca.
Principal English Translation: 

to take another person to be a liar when it is not the case

IPAspelling: 
istɬɑkɑtokɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

iztlacatoca. nite. (pret. oniteiztlacatocac.) tener a otro pormentiroso, no siendolo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 49v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents iztlacatoca in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

See also: 
iztlacatl.
iztlaca-.
toca.