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verb-intransitive. To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie2.

v. To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

v. To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.

v. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

verb-intransitive. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble.

verb-intransitive. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

verb-intransitive. To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

v. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

To deviate; swerve from the normal or proper course; stray.

To swerve from the truth; act or speak evasively; quibble.

In law: To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying the object which it is professed to promote.

To betray the cause of a client, and by collusion assist his opponent.

To pervert; cause to deviate from the normal or proper path, application, or meaning.

To transgress; violate.

v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

"He used the word prevaricate instead of procrastinate because he was talking about the deceit of the banking industry in cahoots with the government."

prevaricated    prevaricates    prevaricating   

misinform    mislead   

lie   

prevaricator    prevarication   

evade    shuffle    quibble    equivocate    transgress    pervert    palter    whiffle    dodge    shift