evasion (noun)
1evasion — ► NOUN ▪ the action or an instance of evading …
2evasion — evade e‧vade [ɪˈveɪd] verb [transitive] TAX LAW to not do something that you should do according to the law, for example not paying tax: • He was charged with evading $12.6 million of taxes. compare avoid evasion …
3evasion — eva·sion /i vā zhən/ n 1: a means of evading 2: the act or an instance of evading see also tax evasion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
4evasion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French, from Late Latin evasion , evasio, from Latin evadere to evade Date: 15th century 1. a means of evading ; dodge 2. the act or an instance of evading ; escape <… …
5evasion — noun 1) the evasion of immigration control Syn: avoidance, elusion, circumvention, dodging, sidestepping 2) she grew tired of all the evasion Syn: prevarication, evasiveness, beating around the bush, hedging, pussyfooting …
6evasion — noun Evasion is used after these nouns: ↑tax …
7evasion — noun (C, U) 1 the act of avoiding doing something that you should do, or an example of this behaviour: tax evasion 2 an act of deliberately avoiding talking about something or dealing with something: His speech was full of lies and evasions …
8evasion — noun The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. Syn: equivocation, prevarication, shift, subterfuge, shuffling …
9evasion — noun the action of evading. ↘an evasive statement …
10tax evasion — noun the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report) • Hypernyms: ↑evasion, ↑nonpayment * * * ˈtax evasion [tax evasion] noun uncountable …