prevaricate

Etymology
From the participle stem of, from + , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
 * 2)  To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
 * The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
 * 1)  To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
 * 2)  To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Maori: tītahataha
 * Portuguese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , être/rester évasif
 * Georgian: მიკიბვ-მოკიბვა
 * German:, Ausflüchte machen
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: essere evasivo, equivocare
 * Kazakh: бұлтақтау
 * Maori: tītahataha
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠯᠵᠠᠬᠤ
 * Russian:


 * French: