meaning of prevarication
1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
3. The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
4. A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
5. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth