as in lying
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as in fibbing
to make a statement one knows to be untrue
during the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend
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Verb
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Pino’s camera records Richard lying facedown, handcuffed, while Blum steps over his legs.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025 -
Advertisement Upon entry to the hotel room, police found a 24-year-old woman lying dead with evidence of recent injuries.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Her unsettling command of the character — who was equal parts sweet, vulnerable, mendacious, and menacing — was one of the highlights of the series.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Perhaps Simpson’s most dishonest claim was that Social Security’s drafters deliberately set the retirement age at 65 because life expectancy in 1935, at the time of enactment, was 63.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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Higher-ups and colleagues see through the charade as dishonest.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on June 1 was terribly misguided, and his justification for doing so was misleading and untruthful.—
Robert N. Stavins,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2017
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What is more untruthful: A thing written down, or a sustained deception of the heart?—
Nicolette Polek,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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“Prevaricating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevaricating. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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