prevaricates
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prevaricates verb
- To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- 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.”
- To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
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