- 1. v. i. 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; as, he prevaricates in his statement. Source: opted
- 2. v. i. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. Source: opted
- 3. v. i. To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert. Source: opted
- 5. v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information Source: wordnet
- 6. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant,and makes a sham prosecution. Source: adambom
- 7. v:100 v be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information Source: ecdict
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