prevaricator
Americannoun
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a person who speaks falsely; liar.
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a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.
Etymology
Origin of prevaricator
1535–45; < Latin praevāricātor; prevaricate, -tor
Example Sentences
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He loved “the game of cops and robbers,” he recounted, and became an expert prevaricator.
From Los Angeles Times
Santos has styled himself as a theatrical prevaricator and a maximalist.
From Salon
Yet many Britons confess they don’t really know Truss, not the way they knew Johnson — former London mayor, newspaper columnist, Brexit cheerleader, serial prevaricator.
From Washington Post
Not the way they knew Boris Johnson — former London mayor, newspaper columnist, colorful orator, serial prevaricator — when he took office just a few years ago.
From Washington Post
Speaking as both storyteller and concerned world citizen, Jenkins says going after geopolitical prevaricators is not enough when dealing with such existential crises as climate change.
From Washington Post
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