Evasion

/ɪˈveɪʒən/

Synonyms for "evasion" (203 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Noun(9 words)

dodging avoidanceavoidance in conversationsavoiding bypasses bypassing circumlocution circumlocutions deflections

abstentionairtight secrecyambiguity antipathy anythingarianism artifice avoidanceavoiding reactionbickering boggling break breakout buck-passing captiousness caviling chicane chicanery circumventionclose secrecycloseness

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concealmentcop outcop-out cringe crypticness cunning deceit deceptiondefense mechanismdeliverance delivery

Verb(1 words)

circumvent regulations

Strong matches (61)

discreetness discretion dodge dodging double-talk duck elusion elusiveness emergence equivocating equivocation escape escapism eschewalevasive actionevasiveness excuse extrication fallacy fallback

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fence-sitting fencing flight flinch foiling forbearance forestalling forestallment freeing frustration fudging getawaygetting aroundgetting roundhaggling hairsplitting hedging hiddennesshugger muggerhugger-mugger hugger-muggery impartiality independence issuance issue jailbreak

Noun(14 words)

dodge dodges eluding elusion equivocation equivocations escape escapes escaping evading feint fleeing fraudhide detection

Verb(1 words)

evade duty

Related words (101)

jink leak leakage liberationlogic choppinglogic-chopping loophole lying mugwumpery mugwumpism neutralism neutralitynit pickingnit-picking nonalignment noncommitment nonintervention noninvolvement nonpartisanism nothingarianism

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outguessing outlet outmaneuvering outwitting paltering parryingpassing the buckpettifoggery prevarication prevention prisonbreak pullback pullout pussyfooting quibble quibbling recoil refraining refuge release rescue reserve retreat riddance runaround secrecy secretiveness secretness setting-free shifting shirking shuffle shuffling shunningshunting offshy sidestep sidestepping sidetracking slip song sophistrystrict neutralitysubterfugesuppressio veritergiversationthe darkthe runaroundthe slipthwarting trichoschistism trickery uncommunicativeness ventweasel wordweasel wordswince zigzag

Noun(20 words)

lam noncompliance nonpayment obfuscating outfoxing outsmarting parries prevaricationsresponsibility avoidancescampering shying sidestepping sidesteps skirting skulking slipperiness squirm waffle wriggle wriggling

Verb(3 words)

prevaricating shirk shirks

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More general

18 entries

action behavior carelessness commerce commercialism crime deceit deception escape flightillegal activitymaneuver mercantilism misrepresentation neglect negligence

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More specific

7 entries

dodgeduty evasionfeintincome underreportingoffshore evasionrule evasiontax evasion

Collocations

6 entries

evasion of taxesevasion strategiesevasion tacticsevasive maneuversincome underreportingtax evasion

Inflections

1 entries

evasions

Derivations

5 entries

evade evader evasive evasively evasiveness

Sample sentences

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Tax officials are zeroing in on income tax evasion.

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He was arrested on charges of tax evasion.

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Al Capone was finally sent away for tax evasion.

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The accusations are shocking: money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.

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