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# evasion

noun (evasion, evasions); verb evade; adjective evasive

«evasion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Evasion is avoiding something you should do or face, like a question, a rule or a duty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#m1)
2. (law, money) Tax evasion is illegally not paying the tax you owe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#m2)
3. Evasion is also escaping or dodging someone who is chasing you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#x1)
- Tax evasion is against the law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#x2)
- The fox's evasion of the hounds was clever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#x3)
- The thief's evasion of the police ended at the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#x4)
- Fare evasion means riding a bus without paying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#x5)
- The reporter would not accept another evasion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#x6)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «evasion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«evasion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/evasion.html) on Mova free.