CIRCUMVENT


Meaning of CIRCUMVENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɜ:(r)kəmvent ]

( circumvents, circumventing, circumvented)

If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way. ( FORMAL )

Military planners tried to circumvent the treaty.

= get round

VERB : V n

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