a convention carried on by tradition by, and enforced within, a clan.

a kind of tax (now obs.).

= ಗೂಢಚಾರ.

a man who keeps close and secret watch on another or others; a detective; a spy.

a man employed by a government to get secret information about or monitor the affairs, plans, armed forces, etc. of another government; a spy; an intelligence agent; an emissary.

perfunctoriness - a. a work, observance done for the sake of complying with a regulation or rule, but not sincerely; b) careless manner of performance.

being at the end; last; final.

= ಗೂಢಚಾರ.

great amazement; bewildering surprise.

a code that is to be observed strictly without exception.

the quality or state of being very vigilant.

= ಕಟ್ಟೆಚ್ಚರ.