Related Clues:

• Fudged the facts
• Was more than misleading
• Covered for a crony, perhaps
• Highly sought-after
• 'So I ___'
• Told it like it wasn't
• Embezzled, e.g.
• Didn't tell the truth
• Told a fib
• Cold-shoulder treatment?
• Twisted the facts
• Failed to be truthful
• Poached
• Wasn't truthful
• Made off with clerical vestment?