intransitive verb. To speak or write evasively; equivocate. synonym: lie.

intransitive verb. To behave in an evasive or indecisive manner, usually in delay.

intransitive verb. To utter or say in an evasive manner.

To deviate; swerve from the normal or proper course; stray.

To swerve from the truth; act or speak evasively; quibble.

In law: To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying the object which it is professed to promote.

To betray the cause of a client, and by collusion assist his opponent.

To pervert; cause to deviate from the normal or proper path, application, or meaning.

To transgress; violate.

transitive verb. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

intransitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

intransitive verb. To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

verb. To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

verb. To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.

verb. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

verb. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

"He used the word prevaricate instead of procrastinate because he was talking about the deceit of the banking industry in cahoots with the government."

lie  

prevarication  prevaricator  

misinform  mislead  

around the bush  back and fill  be untruthful  beat about  beg the question  

prevaricated  prevaricates  prevaricating