prevaricator

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 • Sep. 28, 2024

Santos has styled himself as a theatrical prevaricator and a maximalist.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2023

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 • Sep. 6, 2022

Ostentatiously grooming his mustache and eyebrows while peering into a hand-held mirror, he is the ultimate braggart and prevaricator, itching for a comeuppance.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2010

Sometimes one will not be able to determine whether the individual is a true pathological liar or merely a prevaricator for a normal purpose.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William