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"Prevaricate"
Keywords:
quibble
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equivocation
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transgress
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evade
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pervert
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.
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To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
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Keywords:
unclear
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ambiguous
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mislead
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withhold
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deliberately
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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Keywords:
deceitfully
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defeating
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undertake
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falsely
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destroying
To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
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Keywords:
colludes
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sham
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prosecution
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defendant
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makes
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
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