circumvention

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception.

Synonyms

evasion

bilk

cheat

circumvolution

concealment

deceit

deception

delusion

detour

dodging

encircling

fake

fallacy

fraud

gammon

guile

gyp

hoax

humbug

imposition

imposture

seclusion

sham

spoof

swindle

swindling

trick

trickery

humbuggery

beguilement

jiggery pokery

Translations

Umgehung

circonvenzione

raggiro

contournement

Vereitelung

καταστρατήγηση

παράκαμψη

entorse

atteinte

évitement

violation

trampa

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المراوغة

circumvalación

التحايل؛ المراوغة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃən/

Etymology

From Latin circumventio, equivalent to circumvent + -ion.