prevaricated

He began composing in his head in Latin; prevaricated, decided on French.

A Complaint to His Purse 2010

When arrested Surfleet 'prevaricated' and said he had passed it to someone in the hope it could be sold and the money would go back to Mrs Kulpa.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

When arrested Surfleet 'prevaricated' and said he had passed it to someone in the hope it could be sold and the money would go back to Mrs Kulpa.

Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2009

Usage corner: "It was James [Murdoch] who argued the News of the World should be closed while his father [Rupert] prevaricated."

For the record 2011

But President Asif Ali Zardari's government, faced with a wave of public outrage, has prevaricated on the issue, and says it cannot decide on immunity issue until 14 March.

US gives fresh details of CIA agent who killed two men in Pakistan shootout 2011

The Church itself has eeled around, prevaricated, temporized, made excuses for itself.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

I think that the corroboration from the Montgomery County PD that they were there should be sufficient, regardless of the denials issuing forth from Chief Lanier and her people (who have prevaricated before and whose veracity is suspect).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Item on the SEIU Protest 2010

Greenberg prevaricated; Cassidy persisted: "I think it's disgraceful, you don't deserve to be publishing news."

Rewind radio: Who provided the best phone-hacking coverage? 2011

The ECB intervened courageously in Ireland last year, taking sovereign debt while other national governments prevaricated.

The Case for an Irish Default Richard Portes 2011

Asked to honor a binding contract, the government has prevaricated.

Cairn Suffers as India Dithers Andrew Peaple 2011