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
Douglas County jurors convicted Tory Conyers, 46, of vehicular homicide, hit-and-run causing death, eluding a peace officer, theft and reckless driving.
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
For years, both dollars and discoveries eluded them.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Spencer’s 22 charges included crimes committed during a chaotic attempt to elude capture, officials say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Raul Jimenez, a striker Nuno knows well from their time together at Wolverhampton Wanderers, also repeatedly managed to elude a three-man central defence including Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
For years, both dollars and discoveries eluded them.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Spencer’s 22 charges included crimes committed during a chaotic attempt to elude capture, officials say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Raul Jimenez, a striker Nuno knows well from their time together at Wolverhampton Wanderers, also repeatedly managed to elude a three-man central defence including Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic.
—Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elude
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Van Lith has competed in four conference title games over the span of her career, but this was the first time the title didn’t evade her.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Perez was arrested and transported to Troop G where he was charged with evading responsibility, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle without a license and reckless use of highway by a pedestrian.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
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Our Trust and Safety Resource Center offers additional guidance on recognizing and avoiding phishing attempts.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Now the two sides are scrambling to resolve the funding gap and save the project to avoid returning more than $24.6 million in state dollars received through the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Homekey program.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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Duterte withdrew the Philippines in 2019 from the Rome Statute, the court’s founding treaty, in a move human rights activists say was aimed at escaping accountability.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Without cellphone service, and fearing that his driver might have a weapon, the then 32-year-old Ugandan felt powerless to escape.—
Amy Gunia,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Elude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elude. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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