Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.10.3

1.10.3

sa sattribhiḥ śapathapūrvam ekaikam amātyam upajāpayet - "adhārmiko ayaṃ rājā, sādhu dhārmikam anyam asya tatkulīnam aparuddhaṃ kulyam ekapragrahaṃ sāmantam āṭavikam aupapādikaṃ vā pratipādayāmaḥ, sarveṣām etad rocate, kathaṃ vā tava" iti //

Then the dismissed priest shall, through the medium of spies under the guise of class-mates (satri), instigate each minister one after another, saying on oath "this king is unrighteous; well let us set up in his place another king who is righteous, or who is born of the same family as of this king, or who is kept imprisoned, or a neighbouring king of his family and of self-sufficiency (ekapragraha), or a wild chief (atavika), or an upstart (aupapádika); this attempt is to the liking of all of us; what dost thou think?"