circumvent
/ˌsɜrkəmˈvɛnt/
verb
- To find a way around an obstacle, rule, or problem, often in a clever or dishonest way.
- The company tried to circumvent environmental regulations by hiding its pollution data.
- Hackers often find ways to circumvent security systems to steal information.
- She circumvented the traffic jam by taking a back road through the countryside.
- To avoid or bypass something by going around it physically.
- The river was too deep to cross, so they circumvented it by following its bank for two miles.
- To reach the village, we had to circumvent the large lake by traveling east.
- The hikers circumvented the fallen tree by walking through the nearby bushes.