circumvent

verb

1. 1

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   He dodged the issue

   she skirted the problem

2. 2

   beat through cleverness and wit

   I beat the traffic

   She outfoxed her competitors

3. 3

   surround so as to force to give up

   The Turks besieged Vienna