dissembled

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As is evidently his habit, Walker dissembled, while throwing in some incomprehensible commentary.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022

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

Edward Sirait, Lion Air Group’s president director, denied that the company cut corners or dissembled in logbooks.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

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