dissembled

Davis dissembled over the City Council’s passing of an ordinance making public drug use a gross misdemeanor, said Galanda.

When a suspicious F.B.I. agent later interviewed him about the trip, Hua dissembled and said he was only visiting friends and family.

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

Perhaps this is not surprising from a panel of justices who dissembled over the abortion issue during their confirmation hearings.

And then there was this showstopper: He dissembled about his own lie.