1. Noun
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. Noun
A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
3. Noun
The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
4. Noun
A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
5. Noun
intentionally vague or ambiguous
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
6. Noun
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Vocabulary classified under Law
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