"paltering" in the noun sense
1. fibbing, paltering
a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
"paltering" in the verb sense
1. beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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