Definition of "paltered" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of palter. (verb)

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• "But the oracle on this occasion had "paltered" with him in a double sense."
• "But while the English authorities quibbled, paltered, and delayed -- with a little evasion, a little extra red-tapism, a little judicious procrastination -- the days of Kinmont"
• "If nations attempted to solve the problem as they did at The Hague they paltered and shuffled."