prevaricare

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 [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to take advantage of, to exploit [+ su (object)] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive, literary) to transgress (a law, norm, etc.)

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

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
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