prevaricare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to abuse one's power
  2. (intransitive) to take advantage of, to exploit [with su]
  3. (literary, transitive) to transgress (a law, norm, etc.)

Concepts

prevaricate

act dishonestly

be able

be powerful

Translations

prevaricar

Ausflüchte machen

tripijocs

traficar

zweideutig reden

gemein handeln

mächtig sein

wie die Katze um den heißen Brei schleichen

trafiques

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praevāricor.

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