evade

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
evade/ɪˈveɪd/

▶verb

• 1 escape or avoid, especially by guile or trickery.

  ■ avoid giving a direct answer to (a question).

• 2 escape paying (tax or duty), especially by illegitimate presentation of one's finances.

  ■ defeat the intention of (a law or rule), especially while complying with its letter.

– derivatives
evadable adjective,
evader noun.

– origin C15: from Fr. évader, from L. evadere from e- (var. of ex-) ‘out of’ + vadere ‘go’.