circumvention
Evasion of obstacles
Circumvention is the act of getting around an obstacle, rule, or restriction.
You circumvent a firewall, circumvent regulations, circumvent the usual approval process.
The word implies finding a way past something without directly confronting or removing it: The new policy was designed to prevent circumvention of export controls.
Often carries a whiff of cleverness or cunning, sometimes impropriety.
Route that skirts obstacles
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
escape · skirting · dodging · end-run · runaround · getting around · outmaneuvering · navigation
Precise procedural point
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- gray areaAmbiguous, ill-defined situation
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
exploit · gap · provision · clause · waiver · variance · grandfather clause · tax shelter
Deliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
duplicity · sleight · misdirection · feint · camouflage · obfuscation · veiling · concealment
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- tariffTax on traded goods
- blockadeSealing off a place
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
ban · restriction · regulation · censorship · contraband · smuggling · black market · bootlegging
bypass
Route that skirts obstacles
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
elude · escape · skirting · dodging · end-run · runaround · getting around · outmaneuvering · navigation · detour
technicality
Precise procedural point
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- gray areaAmbiguous, ill-defined situation
workaround · exploit · gap · provision · clause · waiver · variance · grandfather clause · tax shelter · offshore
subterfuge
Deliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
artifice · duplicity · sleight · misdirection · feint · camouflage · obfuscation · veiling · concealment · cloak-and-dagger
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
prohibition · ban · restriction · regulation · censorship · contraband · smuggling · black market · bootlegging · underground
hacking
Infiltrating protected digital systems
firewall · encryption · DRM · geoblocking · paywall · proxy · VPN · Tor · jailbreak · piracy
- vigilancewatchfulness, vigilant, alertness, watchful, attentiveness
- free speechfree expression, freedom of speech, protected speech, speech rights, speech protection
- runaroundevasion, dodge, sidestep, avoidance, stall
- geoblockinggeo-blocking, region lock, geo-fencing, regional blackout, regional pricing
- trade barrierstrade barriers, import quotas, import ban, export ban, import restrictions
circumventiondirect approach
Unsubtle, frontal method
confrontation · directness · straightforwardness · forthrightness · honesty
circumventioncompliance
Adhering to requirements
adherence · obedience · conformity · observance · submission