circumvent in WordNet English dictionary

1. beat through cleverness and wit
   "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
   outwit  overreach  outsmart  outfox  beat  circumvent 
   
2. surround so as to force to give up
   "The Turks besieged Vienna"
   besiege  beleaguer  surround  hem in  circumvent 
   
3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
   hedge  fudge  evade  put off  circumvent  parry  elude  skirt  dodge  duck  sidestep