| lying(noun, cover, vagueness, ambiguity) |
| mendacity(deception, sham, story, falsity) |
| misstatement(deception, sham, story, bias) |
| perjury(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| pretense(deception, sham, story, untruth) |
| prevarication(noun, cover, deception, sham) |
| quibbling routine(noun, expression, cover, lying) |
| run-around(noun, cover, lying, stall) |
| sham(deception, story, deceit, trickery) |
| shuffling(noun, cover, lying, stall) |
| smoke(noun, deception, swindle, scheme) |
| sophistry(noun, cover, lying, stall) |
| speciousness(noun, cover, lying, stall) |
| spuriousness(noun, cover, deception, swindle) |
| stonewall(noun, cover, lying, stall) |
| tale(deception, account, sham, story) |
| tall story(expression, fancy, story, bias) |
| tall tale(expression, deception, sham, story) |
| tergiversation(noun, cover, informal, lying) |
| untruism(deception, sham, story, untruth) |