EVADE

vt to escape; to slip away;

— sometimes with from.

2. evade ·vt to attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

3. evade ·vt to get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.