Circumvent

1. verb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   “He dodged the issue”

   Similar: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, parry, elude

2. verb

   surround so as to force to give up

   “The Turks besieged Vienna”

   Similar: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in

3. verb

   beat through cleverness and wit

   “I beat the traffic”

   Similar: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat