1) Act insincerely 2) Be deceitful 3) Beat around the bush 4) Equivocate 5) Misinform 6) Mislead 7) Prevaricate 8) Speak deceitfully 9) Talk insincerely 10) Tergiversate Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/palter
• (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. • (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. • (v. i.) To haggle. • (v. i.) To babble; to chatter. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/palter/
1. To haggle. ... 2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. 'Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter.' (Shak) 'Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power.' (Tennyson) ... 3. To babble; to chatter. ... Origin: See Paltry. ... Source:... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Pal'ter intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Paltered ; present participle & verbal noun Paltering .] [ See Paltry .] 1. To haggle. [ Obsolete] Cotgrave. 2. To act in insincere or deceitful mann... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/10
Pal'ter transitive verb To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [ Obsolete] ' Palter out your time in the penal statutes.' Beau. & Fl. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/10