evaded

intransitive verb evaded, evading

1. Rare to escape; get away
2. to be deceitful or clever in avoiding or escaping something; use evasion

transitive verb

1. to avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness; elude: to evade a pursuer
2. to avoid doing or answering directly; get around; get out of: to evade a question, to evade payment of a tax