circumvent

tr.v., -vent·ed, -vent·ing, -vents.

1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.

[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come.]

circumventer cir'cum·vent'er or cir'cum·ven'tor n.
circumvention cir'cum·ven'tion n.
circumventive cir'cum·ven'tive adj.

verb

1. To pass around but not through: bypass, circumnavigate, detour, go around, skirt. See seek/avoid.
2. To keep away from: avoid, burke, bypass, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keepstaysteerclear of. See seek/avoid.

v

Definition: fool, mislead
Antonyms: aid, allow, assist, help, permit

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IN BRIEF: To get the better of by using cleverness.

They will try to circumvent the lights out rule by pretending to be asleep.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gå rundt om, omringe, omgå

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontduiken, voorkomen, te slim af zijn, omsingelen, heen gaan om

Français (French)
v. tr. - contourner, circonvenir

Deutsch (German)
v. - überlisten, umgehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρακάμπτω, υπερφαλαγγίζω, ξεγελώ, εξαπατώ, καταστρατηγώ (νόμο κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
evadere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - circundar, enganar, impedir

Русский (Russian)
окружить, перехитрить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - burlar, embaucar, circunvenir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - omringa, kringgå, snärja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
围绕, 智取, 包围

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 圍繞, 智取, 包圍

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 선수를 쓰다, 함정에 빠뜨리다, 포위하다, 일주하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 裏をかく, 出し抜く, 阻止する, 避けて遠回りする, 回避する, 欺く, 迂回する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أحبط مساعي خصمه, تحايل على القانون, نال منه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הערים על, עקף, תחבל‬

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