evade detection

idiom

: to avoid being found out or discovered

His criminal activities somehow evaded detection.

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Both versions of the spotlight must be avoided by sneaking carefully around to evade detection, but the former mostly serves as a periodic nuisance to wait out, while the latter is a persistently looming threat that appear frequently and patrols rooms sporadically. —

Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024 Security researchers this week detailed a pernicious malware that worms its way into Linux machines and uses a variety of techniques to evade detection. —

Andrew Couts, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2024 Once the campaign achieves its objective, all these messages can be deleted to evade detection. —

Filippo Menczer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024 To evade detection, illicit merchants often use code terms to list drugs on online marketplaces. —

Rochelle Blease, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for evade detection

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