prevaricated

verb

1. To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
2. To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.“The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.”
3. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
4. To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.