circumvent

Verb

• 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
    

• beat through cleverness and wit
  • I beat the traffic
    
  • She outfoxed her competitors
    

• surround so as to force to give up
  • The Turks besieged Vienna
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  outwit , overreach , outsmart , outfox , beat , besiege , beleaguer , surround , hem in