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tlatoca tlatqui ichtequiliztli.

Headword: 
tlatoca tlatqui ichtequiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a theft in the royal treasury or from great lords (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca tlatqui ychtequiliztli, tlatoca tlatquitl ychtequiliztli, tlatoca tlatqui ichtequiliztli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatoca tlatqui ychtequiliztli. hurto de hazienda real o de grandes señores.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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