Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
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Prevarication
//pɹɪˌvæɹ.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "prevarication" (101 found)
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Translations
24 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- извъртане noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- шикалкавене noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
Dutch
3 entries- draaierij noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- overtreding noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
- uitvlucht noun (deceit, evasiveness)
French
4 entries- dérobade noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- faux-fuyant noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- prévarication noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
- subterfuge noun (deceit, evasiveness)
German
4 entries- Ausflucht noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- Tatsachenverdrehung noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- Verfehlung noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
- Verstoß noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
Norwegian
1 entries- utflukt noun (deceit, evasiveness)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یالان noun (deceit, evasiveness)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jeheichel noun (deceit, evasiveness)
Polish
4 entries- krętactwo noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- lawirowanie noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
- matactwo noun (deceit, evasiveness)
- wykręt noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
Spanish
1 entries- prevaricación noun (deviation from what is right or correct)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The trumpet—vvill it ſound? the curtain riſe? And ſhow th' auguſt tribunal of the ſkies, / VVhere no prevarication ſhall avail, / VVhere eloquence and artifice ſhall fail, […]
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The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.
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Mr Rajoy frustrates many with his prevarication over a fresh euro-zone bail-out, which now comes with a conditional promise from the European Central Bank (ECB) to help bring down Spain’s stifling borrowing costs.
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