Prevaricate

Verb

1. To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
2. To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.

   "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.