palter
I
verb
act, act insincerely, be deceitful, be deceptive, be dishonest, be evasive, be false, be fraudulent, be hypocritical, be inconstant, be insincere, be mendacious, be perfidious, be uncandid, be untruthful, bear false witness, beguile, betray, bluff, break faith, cant, cheat, concoct, counterfeit, cozen, deal crookedly, deceive, defraud, delude, deviate, disguise, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, doctor, dodge, dupe, equivocate, evade, evade the truth, fabricate, fake, falsify, feign, fence, fool, forswear, gammon, hoax, inveigle, invent, lack candor, lead astray, lie, make false pretenses, make false statements, manufacture, masquerade, misdirect, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, perjure, pervert, playact, pose, pretend, prevaricate, profess, render lip service, represent falsely, shift, shuffle, talk insincerely, tergiversate, trifle, trump up, twist, use trickery, utter a falsehood, victimize
II
index
equivocate, evade (deceive), fabricate (make up), feign, haggle, lie (falsify), misrepresent, perjure, pettifog, prevaricate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006