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Prevarication

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(1):

(n.) The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

(2):

(n.) A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.

(3):

(n.) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.

(4):

(n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prevarication'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prevarication.html. 1828.
 
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