Definition of "prevaricate"

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

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

(intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.  examples

(law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.  examples