Usually means: Imprecise language obscuring truth intentionally.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word weasel words:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. weasel words: Merriam-Webster
  2. weasel words: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. weasel words: Collins English Dictionary
  4. weasel words: Vocabulary.com
  5. weasel-words: Wordnik
  6. weasel words: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. weasel words: Wiktionary
  8. weasel words: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Weasel Words, Weasel words: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. weasel words: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Weasel words: Phrase Finder

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. weasel words: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. weasel words: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See weasel_word as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (weasel word)

noun:  (derogatory, dated) A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies.
noun:  (derogatory) A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.
verb:  To use weasel words.
▸ Also see weasel_word

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