• IPA: /səːkəmˈvɛnt/

circumvent (circumvents, present participle circumventing; simple past and past participle circumvented)

1. (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
2. (transitive) to surround or besiege
3. (transitive) to outwit or outsmart
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, pages 279–280 ↗:

     We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.

• French: contourner
• German: umgehen
• Italian: eludere, circonvenire
• Portuguese: contornar
• Russian: обходи́ть
• Spanish: evitar, eludir

• French: cerner
• German: umlagern
• Portuguese: rodear, cercar
• Russian: обойти́
• Spanish: rodear, bordear, circunvalar

• French: circonvenir
• German: ausmanövrieren
• Russian: обойти́
• Spanish: circunvenir