Mahācora Sutta

A robber chief carries on his activities through relying on the inaccessible, the impenetrable and the powerful. Inaccessible are mountains, etc.; impenetrable are jungles, etc.; powerful are chieftains and their ministers, ready to speak in his defence. Similarly, a depraved monk depends on crooked actions, wrong views and influential friends. A.i.153.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from