evaders
They slip away
Evaders are people who avoid or escape something, especially obligations or pursuers.
Tax evaders dodge their legal duty to pay.
Draft evaders flee military conscription.
The word carries a sense of deliberate evasion rather than innocent avoidance: The police set up roadblocks to catch the evaders.
One fleeing authorities
- runawayOne who flees
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- outlawFugitive from justice
- absconderOne who flees secretly
hideout · manhunt · wanted · pursuit · capture · sanctuary · asylum · refuge
One who avoids duty
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- dutyRequired moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- responsibilityState of being answerable
culpability · liability · burden · consequence · dodging · sidestepping · deflection · excuses
Concealment through visual blending
- covertIntentionally concealed
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- furtiveSecretive and sly
incognito · disguise · mask · sneak · shadow · silent · surreptitious · elusive
Mandatory military enrollment
- deserterOne who abandons duty
- dodgerOne who avoids
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
exile · Canada · Vietnam · military · registration · selective service · resisters · amnesty
Away from land
- shell companiesLegally registered but inactive businesses
- loopholesExploitable ambiguities in rules
- havenShelter from danger
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
concealment · schemes · audit · prosecution · penalties · fraud · unreported · laundering
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
absconder · hideout · manhunt · wanted · pursuit · capture · sanctuary · asylum · refuge · harborer
shirker
One who avoids duty
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- dutyRequired moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
responsibility · culpability · liability · burden · consequence · dodging · sidestepping · deflection · excuses · denial
camouflage
Concealment through visual blending
- covertIntentionally concealed
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- undetectableImpossible to notice
furtive · incognito · disguise · mask · sneak · shadow · silent · surreptitious · elusive · untraceable
conscription
Mandatory military enrollment
conscientious objector · exile · Canada · Vietnam · military · registration · selective service · resisters · amnesty · flee
offshore
Away from land
- shell companiesLegally registered but inactive businesses
- loopholesExploitable ambiguities in rules
- havenShelter from danger
noncompliance · concealment · schemes · audit · prosecution · penalties · fraud · unreported · laundering · avoidance
evaderscompliers
Those who yield
payers · taxpayers · conformists · contributors · adherents
evadersfighters
Those who engage physically
challengers · resisters · attackers · aggressors · defenders
- tax evaderOne who illegally avoids payments owed
- draft evaderOne avoiding military service
- fare evadersThose avoiding transport payment