To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.