prevarication

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Evasion of the truth.

   Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.

2. noun Deviation from what is right or correct.
3. noun A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
4. noun The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
5. noun A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Similar words

evasiveness lying equivocation lie fabrication deception deceitful deceit cheating delusion

Often followed by

and of in or on is was by over