Thesaurus: prevarication

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1. n. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
2. n. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
3. n. The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
4. n. A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
5. n. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
6. n. intentionally vague or ambiguous
7. n. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
8. 1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing. The august tribunal of the skies, where no prevarication shall avail. Cowper. 2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office. 3. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution. (b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Cowell.
9. n:100 n a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth n intentionally vague or ambiguous n the deliberate act of deviating from the truth