Palter

v. i. [imp. & p. p. PALTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. PALTERING.] [See PALTRY.] To act in an insincere or false manner; to shift; to dodge; to trifle; to haggle.

Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter. Shak.

Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Or paltered with eternal God for power. Tennyson.