| noun | soft creamy candy |
| verb | tamper, with the purpose of deception “Fudge the figures” |
| verb | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) “He dodged the issue” |
| fake | noun | something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be |
| faker | noun | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| fakery | noun | the act of faking (or the product of faking) |
| falsification | noun | a willful perversion of facts |
| falsity | noun | the state of being false or untrue |
| falsifier | noun | someone who falsifies |
| wangle | noun | an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery |
| wangler | noun | a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods |
| misrepresentation | noun | a misleading falsehood |
| hedge | noun | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement |
| hedger | noun | a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer |
| hedging | noun | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement |
| evasion | noun | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
| circumvention | noun | the act of evading by going around |
| dodge | noun | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
| dodger | noun | a shifty deceptive person |
| dodging | noun | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening |