as in escape
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable
pleading chronic back pain is my standard evasion for doing any heavy lifting
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Recent Examples of evasion
The Guilty Plea Smirnov's agreement with Justice Department special counsel David Weiss to plead guilty comes on the heels of fresh tax evasion charges filed by prosecutors just weeks ago.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
To keep his Bitcoin gains from the IRS, according to court filings, Ahlgren deployed a multi-layer strategy, combining cryptocurrency tools with classic methods of evasion.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The president and the White House repeatedly rejected suggestions that Hunter Biden, who faced possible prison time for federal gun and tax evasion charges, would receive a pardon.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration should take quick regulatory action to raise standards for mandatory corporate due diligence for dual-use technology sales in places such as China, ramp up Commerce Department investigations of export control evasion, and threaten significant fines for violations.
—Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
To keep his Bitcoin gains from the IRS, according to court filings, Ahlgren deployed a multi-layer strategy, combining cryptocurrency tools with classic methods of evasion.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The president and the White House repeatedly rejected suggestions that Hunter Biden, who faced possible prison time for federal gun and tax evasion charges, would receive a pardon.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration should take quick regulatory action to raise standards for mandatory corporate due diligence for dual-use technology sales in places such as China, ramp up Commerce Department investigations of export control evasion, and threaten significant fines for violations.
—Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Evasion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasion. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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