equivocate
verb (used without object)
to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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A deceptive person will equivocate: “That depends on why they did it.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2016