verb (v)

• be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate
  

  source: wordnet30
• abandon one's beliefs or allegiances(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  apostatise, apostatize
  

  source: wordnet30
• To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.(verb)

  source: webster1913