Jack tried to evade paying his taxes.
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Evade
//ɪˈveɪd//
Synonyms for "evade" (165 found)
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Strong matches (50)
Related words (82)
give go bygive someone runaroundgive the runaroundgive the slipgo one betterhang backhem and hawhum and hawignorejibjumplielosemake a getawaymince the truthmince wordsmissmystifynitpickobscure
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12 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 24 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yayınmaq verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Basque
1 entries- itzuri verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Bulgarian
4 entries- избя́гам verb (to attempt to escape)
- избя́гвам verb (to attempt to escape)
- изплъзвам се verb (to escape or slip away)
- отбя́гвам verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Catalan
3 entries- eludir verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- evadir verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- evadir verb (to escape or slip away)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 閃 /闪 verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 閃 /闪 verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Czech
1 entries- vyhnout se verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Dutch
1 entries- ontlopen verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Esperanto
1 entries- eviti verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Finnish
4 entries- laistaa verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- livistää verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- livistää verb (to escape or slip away)
- paeta verb (to escape or slip away)
French
2 entries- esquiver verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- s'évader verb (to escape or slip away)
German
3 entries- ausweichen verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- meiden verb (to escape or slip away)
- sich entziehen verb (to attempt to escape)
Hungarian
1 entries- elkerül verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Khmer
1 entries- គេច verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Latin
4 entries- eludo verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- evado verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- evado verb (to escape or slip away)
- evado verb (to attempt to escape)
Middle English
1 entries- schonten verb (to escape or slip away)
Mongolian
1 entries- бултах verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Māori
3 entries- karo verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- papare verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- whakatītaha verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Old English
1 entries- forbūgan verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قاچمق verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Russian
4 entries- избега́ть verb (to attempt to escape)
- избежа́ть verb (to attempt to escape)
- уклони́ться verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- уклоня́ться verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Spanish
4 entries- dar esquinazo verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- evadir verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- evadir verb (to escape or slip away)
- evadir verb (to attempt to escape)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ухиля́тися verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tránh verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
- trốn verb (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
He schemed to evade tax.
Source: tatoeba (301370)
They falsified the account balances to evade the tax.
Source: tatoeba (306980)
She didn't try to evade the truth.
Source: tatoeba (887078)
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