Today, circumvent more often suggests avoidance than entrapment; to come full circle, it typically means to “get around” someone or something, as by evading a problem or avoiding the law.

Circumvent definition: to go around or bypass.. See examples of CIRCUMVENT used in a sentence.

CIRCUMVENT definition: 1. to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally: 2. to avoid something, especially…. Learn more.

Definition of circumvent verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you circumvent someone, you cleverly prevent them from achieving something, especially when they are trying to harm you.

1. to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent a problem. 2. to avoid by artfulness; elude: to circumvent defeat. 3. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap.

to go around or bypass: to circumvent a traffic jam by taking another route. to avoid (a problem, etc.) by tricks: She circumvented the rule against bribes by demanding and receiving high …