Associations to the word «Prevaricate»

PREVARICATE, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) (obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

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

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

PREVARICATE, verb. (legal) (UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

PREVARICATE, verb. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.