prevaricate

  • 51palter — verb /ˈpɔːltə,ˈpɒltə/ a) To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. I would prevaricate and palter in my usual plausible way, but, this being Cambridge, such stratagems would cut no ice with my remorseless and (in my… …

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  • 52deceive — de·ceive vb de·ceived, de·ceiv·ing vt: to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid vi: to practice deceit compare defraud, mislead Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 53evade — /i vād/ vt evad·ed, evad·ing 1: to unlawfully fail to pay (taxes) through fraudulent or deceptive means compare avoid 2: to avoid answering directly trying to evade the question Merriam Webster’s Dictionary …

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  • 54fabricate — fab·ri·cate / fa brə ˌkāt/ vb cat·ed, cat·ing vt: to make up (as testimony) with an intent to deceive vi: to make something up with an intent to deceive there was a motive to fabricate Gary Taylor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …

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  • 55invent — in·vent vt: to create or produce for the first time in·ven·tor n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. invent …

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  • 56lie — / lī/ vi lay / lā/, lain, / lān/, ly·ing: to be sustainable or capable of being maintained: have grounds under the law holding that an action of battery would lie Scott v. Bradford, 606 P.2d 554 (1979) remedies for misrepresentation...will not… …

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  • 57mislead — mis·lead /mis lēd/ vb led / led/, lead·ing vt: to lead into a mistaken action or belief: to cause to have a false impression vi: to create a false impression compare deceive Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …

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  • 58misrepresent — mis·rep·re·sent /mis ˌre pri zent/ vt: to make a misrepresentation about vi: to make a misrepresentation mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tive / ˌre pri zen tə tiv/ adj mis·rep·re·sen·ter n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 59bear false witness — I verb abrogate, affirm the contrary, apostatize, be deceitful, be devoid of truth, be dishonest, be erroneous, be faithless, be fallacious, be false, be forsworn, be fraudulent, be insincere, be mendacious, be perfidious, be perjured, be… …

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  • 60deviate from the truth — I verb alter one s course, deceive, depart from a norm, digress, diverge, drift, fabricate, fake, go astray, lie, maunder, meander, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, prevaricate, skew, stray, struggle, swerve, take a different course, wander II… …

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