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prevarication

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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive she knew that his account was a pure prevarication

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“Prevarication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevarication. Accessed 10 Dec. 2022.

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