prevarication

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. Source: opted

2. n. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office. Source: opted

3. n. The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution. Source: opted

4. n. A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Source: opted

5. n. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth Source: wordnet

6. n. intentionally vague or ambiguous Source: wordnet

7. n. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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 Source: ecdict

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