evasion

Everyday

1. Evasion is avoiding something you should do or face, like a question, a rule or a duty. tree →
2. (law, money) Tax evasion is illegally not paying the tax you owe. tree →
3. Evasion is also escaping or dodging someone who is chasing you. tree →

In the lessons

Stories (a criminal's evasion of the police), money lessons (tax evasion is a crime; tax avoidance uses legal loopholes), and politics (a politician's evasion of a question). Phrases: tax evasion, evasion of, an evasion.

Examples

• His answer was an evasion; he did not really say yes or no. tree →
• Tax evasion is against the law. tree →
• The fox's evasion of the hounds was clever. tree →
• The thief's evasion of the police ended at the bridge. tree →
• Fare evasion means riding a bus without paying. tree →
• The reporter would not accept another evasion. tree →
• For the third time Dullhead asked for his bride, but again the King tried to make some evasion, and demanded a ship ‘which could sail on land or water! tree →

Note

Countable and uncountable. Evasive (adjective) describes someone who avoids answering. Tax evasion (illegal) and tax avoidance (legal but sometimes unfair) are different.