v.
  - escape or avoid, especially by guile or trickery. ▸avoid giving a direct answer to (a question). 
- 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. 
Derivative
  
  Etymology
  C15: from Fr. évader, from L. evadere from e- (var. of ex-) ‘out of’ + vadere ‘go’.