prevarication
21prevarication — See: prevaricate …
22prevarication — /pravasrakeyshsn/ In the civil law, the acting with unfaithfulness and want of probity; deceitful, crafty, or unfaithful conduct; particularly, such as is manifested in concealing a crime. In English law, a collusion between an informer and a… …
23prevarication — A lie. (Civil law.) A breach of trust …
24prevarication — noun 1. intentionally vague or ambiguous • Syn: ↑equivocation, ↑evasiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑evasive (for: ↑evasiveness), ↑prevaricate, ↑equivocate …
25prevaricate — prevarication, n. prevaricative, prevaricatory /pri var i keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /pri var i kayt /, v.i., prevaricated, prevaricating. to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie. [1575 85; …
26prévariquer — [ prevarike ] v. intr. <conjug. : 1> • prévaricant 1398; prévarier « transgresser la loi divine » 1120; lat. jurid. prævaricari « entrer en collusion avec la partie adverse » ♦ Dr. Se rendre coupable de prévarication, trahir les devoirs de… …
27prevaricaţiune — PREVARICAŢIÚNE, prevaricaţiuni, s.f. (livr.) Abatere de la îndatoririle de serviciu; abuz, delict comis de un funcţionar aflat în exerciţiul funcţiunii, ♦ Trădare a cauzei, a intereselor cuiva. [pr.: ţi u ] – Din fr. prévarication, lat.… …
28falsehood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of honesty Nouns 1. falsehood, falseness, dishonesty; falsity, falsification; deception, untruth; lying, misrepresentation, disinformation, plausible denial; mendacity, perjury, forgery, invention,… …
29Charles F. Hockett — Charles Francis Hockett Born January 17, 1916(1916 01 17) Columbus, Ohio, United States Died November 3, 2000( …
30FORFAITURE — Du latin foris factura , le terme de forfaiture désigne l’action accomplie en dehors des règles édictées. Dans le droit féodal, la forfaiture correspondait à une «faute grave». En effet, un vassal s’était il rendu coupable d’une violation grave… …
