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evasion

[ih-vey-zhuhn] / ɪˈveɪ ʒən /
NOUN
escape, avoidance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dodging
STRONG
artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling shunning sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery
WEAK
come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall
Antonyms
STRONG
directness frankness honesty openness reality truth
WEAK
facing meeting

Example Sentences

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With large unpaid sums at stake, tax evasion counts as a felony that can lead to prison time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit, anticipated a higher rate of evasion on this tax, leading to a revenue gain of $3.3 trillion.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

I find it incredibly telling that A.I.’s favorite way to describe any phenomenon is via evasion, or telling us what something is not.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Tax avoidance is different to tax evasion, which is a criminal offence.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller