evasion
Example Sentences
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“What we’ve seen instead is a consistent pattern of evasion, refusal to take accountability, and outright lies to protect your image.”
From Salon
A spokesperson for Govia Thameslink Railway said fare evasion increased costs for passengers and "diverted public funding away from improving services for passengers".
From BBC
Morrison seems to have taken particular inspiration from the omissions and evasions of Faulkner’s fragmentary storytelling.
"South Yorkshire Police must see that this is another disgraceful example of the evasion and obfuscation of the last four decades," she said.
From BBC
Congress passed a law in December to raise the thresholds for tax evasion, allowing Argentines to use as much as $70,000 in some cases without declaring the origin of the cash.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.