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# evasion

«evasion» in Mova's school dictionary: **avoiding something you should do or face, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Evasion is avoiding something you should do or face, like a question, a rule or a duty. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «evasion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evasion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.