circumvent
[verb]
Synonyms: frustrate, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, dash, disappoint, foil, ruin, thwart, skirt, bypass, circumnavigate, detour, burke, polly-fox, sidestep

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Antonyms: conform (to laws, orders), cooperate (with persons)
Related Words: befool, dupe, hoodwink, trick, avoid, elude, escape, evade

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cir‧cum‧vent /ˌsɜːkəmˈvent $ ˌsɜːr-/ verb [transitive] formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of circumvenire 'to come around', from circum- (CIRCUM-) + venire 'to come']

1. to avoid a problem or rule that restricts you, especially in a clever or dishonest way – used to show disapproval:
The company opened an account abroad, in order to circumvent the tax laws.

2. to avoid something by changing the direction in which you are travelling:
We went north in order to circumvent the mountains.
—circumvention /-ˈvenʃən/ noun [uncountable]

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