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verb

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1. To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

2. To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.

   Example: The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.

3. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

4. To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.