ಕಳ್ಳಕಾಕರು kaḷḷa kākākaru (pl.) thieves and wicked people; ಕಳ್ಳ ಕಳ್ಳಗೆ ನೆಂಟು,ಹುಳಿ ಮೆಣಸಿಗೆ ನೆಂಟು kaḷḷa kaḷḷage neṇṭu, huḷi meṇasige neṇṭu birds of same feather flock together; ಕಳ್ಳ ಪೂಜಾರಿಗೆ ಮೈಯೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಾಮ kaḷḷa pūjārige maiyellā nāma a make-believe wolf comes always in sheep's clothing; ಕಳ್ಳನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಹುಳ್ಳಗೆ kaḷḷana manassu huḷḷage hewho commits a fault, thinks everyone speaks of it; ಕಳ್ಳನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಎಂದಿದ್ದರೂ ಮುಂಡೆ kaḷḷana heṇḍati endiddarū muṇḍe it is certain, the guilty will get his deserved punishment; no crime can remain undetected; ಕಳ್ಳನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಕಳ್ಳನೆ ಬಲ್ಲ kaḷḷana hejje klaḷḷane balla a thief knows the knavery of another thief; a thief knows a thief, as a wolf knows a wolf; ಕಳ್ಳನಿಗೆ ಸಂದುಕೊಟ್ಟು, ಒಡವೆಗೆ ಹುಯ್ಯಲಿಡು kaḷḷanige sandukoṭṭu, oḍavege huyyaliḍu host a thief, later cry over what is thieved; ಕಳ್ಳನಿಗೊಂದು ಪಿಳ್ಳೆ ನೆವ kaḷḷanigondu piḷḷe neva when not inclined to do something, a petty execuse is a sufficient reason; ತಾನು ಕಳ್ಳ ಪರರನ್ನು ನಂಬ tānu kaḷḷa, pararannu namba a thief thinks every other man steals; a cheat, doubts every one; ಕಳ್ಳರು ಕಳ್ಳರು ಸಂತೆ ಕೂಡಿದಹಾಗೆ kaḷḷaru kaḷḷaru sante kūḍida hāge it is an association of cheats who together cheat outsiders, besides cheating among themselves; ಕಳ್ಳ ಹೊಕ್ಕಮನೆಗೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆ ದಂಡ kaḷḷa hokka manege eṇṇe daṇḍa a mere formal investigation of a theft is a futile exercise (if things thieved cannot be recovered).