palter

Example Sentences

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You can equivocate, or dissemble, or palter, or mislead, or prevaricate, or fib, or perjure.

From Washington Post

Their research found that people doing the misleading think paltering is less wrong than telling an outright lie.

From Los Angeles Times

But if you say "I drove it yesterday in 10-below temperatures and it drove well," even if you know it's been to the shop twice in the past month, that's paltering.

From Washington Post

Rogers says the findings can also serve as a reminder, to everyone, to watch out for those who may try to use paltering against them.

From Time

He began his profitable paltering with America’s past with “Killing Lincoln.”

From Washington Post