prevaricare

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See also: prevaricaré

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praevāricor.

Verb

prevaricàre (first-person singular present prevàrico, first-person singular past historic prevaricài, past participle prevaricàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to abuse one's power
  2. (intransitive) to take advantage of, to exploit
  3. (transitive, literary) to transgress (a law, norm, etc.)

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Romanian

Etymology

From prevarica +‎ -re.

Noun

prevaricare f (plural prevaricări)

  1. prevarication

Declension

Spanish

Verb

prevaricare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of prevaricar