Words Like PREVARICATE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PREVARICATE.

5 Alternative Words Similar to prevaricate

1 Equivocate Verb      Synonym Words Like Equivocate
2 Tergiversate Verb      Synonym Words Like Tergiversate
3 Palter Verb      Synonym Words Like Palter
4 Shuffle Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Shuffle
5 Transgress Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Transgress

1 examples of prevaricate

1 he prevaricates in his statement

10 definitions of prevaricate

1 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.
2 To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
3 To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
4 To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
5 be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
6 To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie2.
7 To deviate; swerve from the normal or proper course; stray.
8 To swerve from the truth; act or speak evasively; quibble.
9 In law: To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying the object which it is professed to promote.
10 To betray the cause of a client, and by collusion assist his opponent.
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