Definition of prevaricating:
(v) :
(intransitive) To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.
(v) :
(intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
(v) :
(law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
(v) :
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).