verb

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.

   “The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.”

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

Synonyms: beat around the bush, tergiversate