palter

To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate.

To be capricious; trifle.

To quibble, especially in bargaining.

To talk in a trifling manner; babble.

To talk insincerely; equivocate; trifle; shift; use trickery.

To trifle away; use or spend in a paltry manner; squander.

To fashion by trickery; patch up.

To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

To haggle.

To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.