PREVARICATE

prevaricate

Verb

  1. To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
  2. To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
    The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
  3. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
  4. To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.


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