circumventions
Ways around obstacles
Circumventions are acts of getting around obstacles, rules, or restrictions—the plural of circumvention.
The word often appears in legal or regulatory contexts: circumventions of copyright law, circumventions of trade sanctions.
Any clever workaround that avoids rather than confronts a barrier qualifies: His circumventions of company policy eventually caught up with him.
Exploitable ambiguities in rules
- evasionsDeliberate avoidances of directness
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- tax avoidanceLegal payment minimization
- technicalitiesSmall procedural details
exemptions · dodging · skirting · shell companies · offshore accounts · creative accounting · gray areas · fine print
Indirect alternate routes
- avoidancesActs of steering clear
- end runsTactics avoiding direct confrontation
- runaroundsDeliberately deceptive delays
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
sidestepping · maneuvering · eluding · outflanking · outmaneuvering · going around · blockade running · roadblocks
Goes around instead
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- breachesBreaks or violations
- exploitsNotable daring actions
- backdoorsSecondary building access points
security holes · penetration · countermeasures · spoofing · tunneling
Avoiding imposed trade restrictions
- treaty violationsFailures to honor accords
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- blockade runningPenetrating military shipping barriers
- covert operationsSecret military or intelligence activities
arms trafficking · front companies · transshipment · money laundering · black markets · gray market
loopholes
Exploitable ambiguities in rules
- evasionsDeliberate avoidances of directness
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- tax avoidanceLegal payment minimization
technicalities · exemptions · dodging · skirting · shell companies · offshore accounts · creative accounting · gray areas · fine print · disclaimers
detours
Indirect alternate routes
- avoidancesActs of steering clear
- end runsTactics avoiding direct confrontation
- runaroundsDeliberately deceptive delays
workarounds · sidestepping · maneuvering · eluding · outflanking · outmaneuvering · going around · blockade running · roadblocks · flanking
bypasses
Goes around instead
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- breachesBreaks or violations
- exploitsNotable daring actions
backdoors · security holes · penetration · countermeasures · spoofing · tunneling
sanctions evasion
Avoiding imposed trade restrictions
- treaty violationsFailures to honor accords
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- blockade runningPenetrating military shipping barriers
covert operations · arms trafficking · front companies · transshipment · money laundering · black markets · gray market
circumventionscompliances
Acts of following rules
adherences · observances · conformities · submissions · acquiescences