तं चेत्संघो निगृह्णीयात् राजैनमुपगृह्य विगुणेषु विक्रमयेत् ॥ कZ_११.१.४६ ॥
taṃ cetsaṃgho nigṛhṇīyāt rājainamupagṛhya viguṇeṣu vikramayet
If the confederation restrains (disciplines) him, the king should take him into custody/protection and deploy him against them through their vulnerabilities.
Convert an internally rejected elite into an external instrument, using insider knowledge to strike at structural weaknesses of the target polity.