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tlatocatlatqui ichtequini.

Headword: 
tlatocatlatqui ichtequini.
Principal English Translation: 

a thief of the royal treasury or of the great rulers (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtocatlatqui ychtequini, tlahtoca tlatquitl ychtequini, tlahtoca tlatquitl ichtequini
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatocatlatqui ychtequini. ladron de hazienda real assi.
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.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites