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Noun: paltering  pol-tu-ring
  1. A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
    - fibbing
Verb: palter  pol-tu(r)
  1. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
    - beat around the bush [informal], equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, beat about the bush [informal], weasel [informal]

Type of: disinform, fabrication, lying, misinform, mislead, prevarication

Encyclopedia: Paltering

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