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circumvent verb avoid doing, be cunning, be sly, beguile, bypass, circonvenir, circumscribere, cloak, conceal, confuse, contravene, contrive, counteract, counterwork, cover, deceive, defeat, defraud, delude, disrupt, elude, escape, evade, foil, hoax, mislead, outreach, outwit, pettifog, practice chicanery, prevaricate, proceed by stratagem, scheme, swindle, thwart, tourner la loi, traverse, trick Associated concepts: circumvent the law See also: betray, bilk, border, bound, deceive, dupe, escape, evade, illude, overreach, pettifog, prevent, shun How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The idea that, via presidential signing letters, the president of the United States can unilaterally nullify whatever bills Congress has passed is outrageous--and completely contrary to the Constitution ("Bush Circumvents Torture Ban," February 6 issue). have found an alternative approach that circumvents the issue altogether. He said his company does not know if DVD Copy Plus circumvents CSS or merely somehow captures a video stream from the DVD. |
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