prevarication

As a noun prevarication is

maladministration.

Dissimulation is a related term of prevarication.

As nouns the difference between dissimulation and prevarication

is that dissimulation is the act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception while prevarication is maladministration.

As nouns the difference between forgery and prevarication

is that forgery is the act of forging metal into shape while prevarication is deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.

Fake is a related term of prevarication.

As nouns the difference between fake and prevarication

is that fake is something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently or fake can be (nautical) one of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil while prevarication is maladministration.

As an adjective fake

is not real; false, fraudulent.

As a verb fake

is to cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob or fake can be (nautical) to coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

As nouns the difference between pretence and prevarication

is that pretence is (label) an act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext while prevarication is maladministration.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and prevarication

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while prevarication is maladministration.