n. 25B6; verb
the minister tried to fudge the issue : EVADE, avoid, dodge, skirt, duck, gloss over; hedge, prevaricate, vacillate, be non-committal, stall, beat about the bush, equivocate; Brit. hum and haw; informal cop out, sit on the fence; rare tergiversate.
the government has been fudging figures : ADJUST, manipulate, massage, put a spin on, juggle, misrepresent, misreport, bend; tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, doctor, falsify, distort; informal cook, fiddle with.
25B6; noun the latest proposals are a fudge : COMPROMISE, cover-up; spin, casuistry, sophistry; informal cop-out.