This fear was heartily shared by my companions, to whom I also represented that it must be our business to give even the ships of our country a wide berth; for, though I had long since flung all the compromising bunting overboard, and destroyed all the papers I could come across, which being written in a language I was ignorant of, might, for all I knew, contain some damning information, a British ship would be sure to board us and I should have to tell the truth or take the risks of Prevaricating.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Was not Jacob a mean, Prevaricating knave: a crafty, abject cheat?
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh
I don't come of Prevaricating stock.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson