as in to evade
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
the millionaire had been eluding his fair share of taxes for years before getting caught
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Recent Examples of elude
Indiana State Police officials announced charges against a second person accused of helping Austin Schepers elude law enforcement after police identified him as a suspect in the shooting of an Orange County sheriff's deputy earlier this month.
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Following his political defection, Carvajal vanished from public view, eluding extradition for several years while seeking political asylum in Europe.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Euan, 37, eluded arrest Wednesday and remains at large, according to the FBI.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
This deliberately allusive narrative style enables the author to elude the topic of Nazism—or at least to hint at it in a covert way, thus making the novel acceptable to a wide German audience at the time of its publication in 1968.
—Ombline Damy, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Following his political defection, Carvajal vanished from public view, eluding extradition for several years while seeking political asylum in Europe.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Euan, 37, eluded arrest Wednesday and remains at large, according to the FBI.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
This deliberately allusive narrative style enables the author to elude the topic of Nazism—or at least to hint at it in a covert way, thus making the novel acceptable to a wide German audience at the time of its publication in 1968.
—Ombline Damy, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elude
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Dexter stalks his next victim (Marc Menchaca) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Harry (James Remar) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Harrison tries to evade police suspicions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Ten people involved in the ambush were arrested that night or early the next morning, but Song evaded capture, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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Experts say Camp Mystic's requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood insurance, to lower the camp's insurance premiums or to pave the way for renovating or adding new structures under less costly regulations.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 July 2025
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While every Italian city is unique in its own ways, there are a couple of ways to avoid being marked as a tourist on your next trip to sample La Dolce Vita.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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When Huang was nine-years-old, his parents sent him and his older brother to the U.S. to escape widespread social unrest in Thailand.—
Matt Durot,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Jeremiah Estrada promptly struck out Eugenio Suarez to escape that jam, and Adrián Morejón left the bases loaded the next inning with a strikeout of Marte.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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“Elude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elude. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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