prevaricate
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verb- 1.
(intransitive, obsolete, transitive)To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- 2.
(intransitive)To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.
The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
Đồng nghĩa: equivocate, waffle, evade
- 3.
(intransitive)(intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- 4.
(UK)(law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
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Latin praevāricātus, perfect active participle of praevāricor (to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part), from prae- + vāricō (to stand with feet apart, straddle), from vāricus (with feet spread apart); see -ate.