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View definitions for prevarication

prevarication

noun as in deception

noun as in lie

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Example Sentences

In a perfect world, it might be enough for political opponents to correct each other’s prevarications and exaggerations.

The source who alerted The Times to VOA’s decision feared it suggested prevarication by the administration.

A real professional prosecutor went to work on Trump; there were no political prevarications.

From Salon

Green or not, Chris calmly walks Cybil into a corner with Mia's assistance, following a barrage of prevarication: "In the interest of transparency, was I hired for a permanent anchor position because I am black?"

From Salon

The children's commissioner also said there had been "a year and a half of prevarication and delay" over the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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