Verb: prevaricate pri'ver-u,keyt [N. Amer], pri'va-ru,keyt [Brit]
- Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
"Producers prevaricate about projects, directors equivocate about stories, and agents equivocate about terms";
- beat around the bush [informal], equivocate, tergiversate, palter [archaic], beat about the bush [informal], weasel [informal]
Derived forms: prevaricated, prevaricates, prevaricating
Type of: disinform, misinform, mislead
Encyclopedia: Prevaricate