CIRCUMVENT


Meaning of CIRCUMVENT in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

If someone ~s 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 ~ the treaty.

= get round

VERB: V n

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