circumventors
Those avoiding obstacles
Circumventors are people who find ways around rules, restrictions, or obstacles.
The word carries a slightly formal or legalistic tone, often appearing in discussions of those who evade regulations or bypass security measures: circumventors of copyright protection, circumventors of trade sanctions.
The singular is circumventor.
Those who sidestep
- dodgersThose who evade
- avoidersThose who evade
- sidestepperOne who dodges sideways
- escapersThose who got free
People who deceive for gain
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- schemersCrafty plot makers
- manipulatorsPeople who influence deceitfully
- con-artistsFraudsters who manipulate victims
charlatans · impostors · deceivers · swindlers · hoaxers · cheaters · double-dealers · grifters
Those who actively oppose
- refuseniksEmigrants denied exit permits
- nonconformistsThose defying established customs
- subvertersThose who overthrow systems
- rebelsArmed opposition fighters
dissidents · flouters · transgressors · violators · scofflaws · defectors · contraveners · smugglers
evaders
Those who sidestep
- dodgersThose who evade
- avoidersThose who evade
- sidestepperOne who dodges sideways
escapers · shunners · duckers · deflectors
fraudsters
People who deceive for gain
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- schemersCrafty plot makers
- manipulatorsPeople who influence deceitfully
con-artists · charlatans · impostors · deceivers · swindlers · hoaxers · cheaters · double-dealers · grifters · scammers
resisters
Those who actively oppose
- refuseniksEmigrants denied exit permits
- nonconformistsThose defying established customs
- subvertersThose who overthrow systems
rebels · dissidents · flouters · transgressors · violators · scofflaws · defectors · contraveners · smugglers
hackers
Unauthorized computer system intruders
- piratesMaritime thieves and raiders
innovators
Creators of novel things
circumventorsbulldozers
Tracked earth-pushing machines
straight shooters · challengers · tacklers · battering rams · chargers
circumventorsenforcers
Those who impose obedience
compliers · compliance officers · conformists · adherents · upholders
circumventorsblockers
Things that obstruct
obstructors · gatekeepers · impeders · barricaders · preventers