Word: prevaricate

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Synonyms: prevaricate

be evasive, beat around the bush, hedge, fence, shilly-shally, dodge (the issue), sidestep (the issue), equivocate, waffle, temporize, stall (for time), hem and haw, tergiversate, palter

Translations: prevaricate

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spanish
Translations:
prevaricar, mentir, evasivas, tergiversar
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german
Translations:
Ausflüchte machen, Ausflüchte, Wahrheit verdrehen, die Wahrheit verdrehen
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french
Translations:
tortiller, louvoyer, tergiverser, biaiser, prévariquer, tergiverse, de tergiverser
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italian
Translations:
equivocare, prevaricare, tergiversare, temporeggiare ancora
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portuguese
Translations:
prevaricar, tergiversar, prevaricam, atraiçoaria
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dutch
Translations:
liegen, er omheen draaien
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russian
Translations:
лгать, увиливать, кривить душой, увиливают, кривите душой, изворачиваться
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swedish
Translations:
slingra, sväva på målet, undanflykter
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finnish
Translations:
vältellä, kiertelyään, kierrellä ja kaarrella
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danish
Translations:
komme med udflugter
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czech
Translations:
kličkovat, vykrucovat, vykrucovat se, obcházet pravdu
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polish
Translations:
lawirować, kręcić, kłamać, wymijająco, odpowiadać wymijająco, pływać
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hungarian
Translations:
kertel
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turkish
Translations:
yalan söylemek, kaçamak cevap vermek, kaçamaklı söz söylemek, kaçamak cevap
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greek
Translations:
υπεκφεύγω, στρεψοδικώ, υπεκφυγές, με υπεκφυγές, παραποιώ
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ukrainian
Translations:
переважний, переважаючий, поширюваний, кривити душею, лукавте
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bulgarian
Translations:
уклончиво, извърта
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belarusian
Translations:
крывіць
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estonian
Translations:
puiklema, põiklema, Kierrellä ja kaarrella, Échapper
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croatian
Translations:
okolišati, izvrdavati, vrdati, izbjegavati istinu
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lithuanian
Translations:
išsisukinėti, meluoti, Atlikti piktnaudžiavimo pagal tarnybą, Izlocīties, Atitikti wymijająco
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latvian
Translations:
izlocīties
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romanian
Translations:
ocoli adevărul, nu spune adevărul, spune adevărul, tărăgănare, fi echivoc
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slovenian
Translations:
Vrni
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slovak
Translations:
vykrúcať

The meaning and "use of": prevaricate

verb
  • speak or act in an evasive way. - he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions

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