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verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"They tend to evade their responsibilities"
"he evaded the questions skillfully"
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verb
escape, either physically or mentally
"This difficult idea seems to evade her"
"The event evades explanation"
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"This man always hesitates and evades"
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verb
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
"The con man always evades"
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quibble
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
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bilk
evade payment to