Tax officials are zeroing in on income tax evasion.
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Evasion
//ɪˈveɪʒən//
Synonyms for "evasion" (164 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- избя́гване noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- извъ́ртане noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Catalan
1 entries- evasió noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Finnish
1 entries- välttely noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
French
1 entries- esquive noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
German
4 entries- Ausweichen noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- Hinterziehung noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- Umgehung noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- Vermeidung noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Hungarian
4 entries- elkerülés noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- kertelés noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- kijátszás noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- kikerülés noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Italian
1 entries- evasione noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Portuguese
2 entries- evasiva noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- evasão noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Russian
1 entries- уклоне́ние noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- seachnadh noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Spanish
4 entries- callejuela noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- evasiva noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- evasión noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
- fraude de ley noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Swahili
1 entries- ukwepaji noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Swedish
1 entries- flykt noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự lảng tránh noun (the act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He was arrested on charges of tax evasion.
Source: tatoeba (301372)
Al Capone was finally sent away for tax evasion.
Source: tatoeba (1534339)
The accusations are shocking: money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.
Source: tatoeba (2313164)
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