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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesprevaricação
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pre-va-ri-ka-sãw
"A prevaricação do oficial foi punida severamente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The action of avoiding the truth or speaking evasively; prevaricating or lying.
"When questioned about the missing funds, the politician resorted to prevarication and vague statements." - 2
A departure from what is right, moral, or correct.
"His ethical prevarication ultimately cost him his position on the board."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'praevaricari', meaning 'to walk crookedly' or 'to straddle', formed from 'prae-' (intensifier) and 'varicus' (straddling). In Roman law, it originally referred to a collusive sham prosecution where an advocate betrayed their client, eventually evolving in Late Latin and English to denote general deviation from the straight path of truth, or lying.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Prevarication" is said worldwide
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tergiversation
Transliteration: ter-zhi-ver-sa-syon
"Ses réponses n'étaient que pure tergiversation."
Ausflucht
Transliteration: AʊsfLʊçt
"Er benutzte viele Ausfluchten, um der Wahrheit zu entgehen."
tergiversazione
Transliteration: ter-ji-ver-sa-tzyo-ne
"Basta con le tergiversazioni, rispondi alla domanda."
prevaricación
Transliteration: pre-ba-ri-ka-syon
"El juez fue acusado de prevaricación en el ejercicio de sus funciones."
prevaricação
Transliteration: pre-va-ri-ka-sãw
"A prevaricação do oficial foi punida severamente."
टालमटोल
Transliteration: taalmatol
"उसकी बातों में टालमटोल साफ़ दिखाई दे रहा था।"
推诿
Transliteration: tuīwěi
"面对质问，他一直在支吾推诿。"
얼버무림
Transliteration: eolbeomurim
"그의 답변은 단순한 얼버무림에 불과했다."
ごまかし
Transliteration: gomakashi
Script: 誤魔化し
"彼の説明には多くのごまかしが含まれていた。"
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