dissembled

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He was said to have dissembled when people on the call asked about whether repeat shop lifters or people who commit assaults without a weapon would be prosecuted and face jail terms.

From Fox News • Jan. 20, 2022

Politicians have exaggerated and dissembled since time immemorial, including in their email dispatches.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021

Instead of transparency, however, Mr. Hogan dissembled, backed by a Greek chorus of question-dodging, hairsplitting, fast-talking officials in his administration.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2020

Caught in a lie, Barr dissembled and tried to split hairs, showing signs of nervousness he's been much better at hiding in the past.

From Salon • May 1, 2019

Time was when Mr. Swift MacNeill successfully dissembled his affection for the House of Lords.

From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 by Various