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prevaricate
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prevaricate
Verb
∙
To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
transitive, intransitive, obsolete
∙
To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
intransitive
∙
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
intransitive, law
∙
To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
law, Britain