Palter (Verb)
Meaning
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The politician was accused of paltering during the debate, dodging direct questions and giving vague answers.
- She paltered about her relationship status, never clearly stating whether she was single or taken.
- The company's CEO was found to have paltered in the financial report, hiding losses behind clever accounting tricks.
- He paltered about the real reason for his absence, claiming a family emergency when in fact he was just hungover.
- The salesperson paltered about the car's condition, downplaying the severity of the damage and emphasizing its cosmetic appeal.