Word Meaning

Meaning of prevaricate

- To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
- To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
- To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

Crossword clue for prevaricate

- Avoid the issue
- Lie
- Quibble
- Speak evasively
- Tell lies
- Tells a lies