evade

verb3

1. •
   To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.

   • He evaded his opponent's blows.
   • The robbers evaded the police.
2. •
   To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

   • Evading from perils. — 1622
3. •
   To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

   • The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways. — 1692