fudge

nouns

soft creamy candy

fudge

is a type of (narrower)

a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

tamper, with the purpose of deception

"Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

"He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt