palter
verb
[ ˈpɔːltə ]
• equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech.
• "if you palter or double in your answers, I will have thee hung alive in an iron chain"
• trifle with.
• "this great work should not be paltered with"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘mumble or babble’): of unknown origin.
