Evasion
noun
The action of avoiding something.
His evasion of his responsibilities was not well-received.
Often appears as...
- tax evasion
- evasion of responsibility
noun
The act of not paying taxes that you are required to pay.
Tax evasion is a crime punishable by law.
Often appears as...
- tax evasion
- investigation for evasion
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Disapproving
noun
In military, the use of tactics to avoid or escape from an enemy.
His evasion tactics saved many lives during the war.
Often appears as...
- evasion tactics
- successful evasion
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Technical
noun
The action of avoiding something.
His evasion of his responsibilities was not well-received.
Often appears as...
- tax evasion
- evasion of responsibility
noun
The act of not paying taxes that you are required to pay.
Tax evasion is a crime punishable by law.
Often appears as...
- tax evasion
- investigation for evasion
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In military, the use of tactics to avoid or escape from an enemy.
His evasion tactics saved many lives during the war.
Often appears as...
- evasion tactics
- successful evasion
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Evasion often implies a deliberate action of avoiding something one should face.
Avoiding his chores, the boy's evasion earned him a stern lecture.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
In different contexts, 'evasion' can refer to avoidance of physical, emotional, or intellectual things.
Dodging the question, she was accused of intellectual evasion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes evasion is sensible, such as when avoiding hazards or unwelcome situations.
He practiced evasion by walking away from the heated argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Evasion often implies a deliberate action of avoiding something one should face.
Avoiding his chores, the boy's evasion earned him a stern lecture.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
In different contexts, 'evasion' can refer to avoidance of physical, emotional, or intellectual things.
Dodging the question, she was accused of intellectual evasion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes evasion is sensible, such as when avoiding hazards or unwelcome situations.
He practiced evasion by walking away from the heated argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Evasion often implies a deliberate action of avoiding something one should face.
Avoiding his chores, the boy's evasion earned him a stern lecture.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
In different contexts, 'evasion' can refer to avoidance of physical, emotional, or intellectual things.
Dodging the question, she was accused of intellectual evasion.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes evasion is sensible, such as when avoiding hazards or unwelcome situations.
He practiced evasion by walking away from the heated argument.
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The lies our culture...
you're a set of skills to be maximized. And the evil of the meritocracy is that people who've achieved a little more than others are actually worth a little more than others. And so the wages of sin are sin. And my sins were the sins of omission-- not reaching out, failing to show up for my friends, evasion, avoiding conflict.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
The politeama is the city. It's all of us together. And I've always believed that the act of architecture, even a private house, when somebody else will see it, is a political act, because it will be visible to others. And we live in a world which is connecting us more and more. So again, the evasion of that sphere,
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Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
obligation freely and i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion that i will well and faithfully discharge that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of
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The Panama Papers...
who's spoken to our undercover investigator and provided suggestions. It's not just about a particular senior politician who's been caught up in a scandal. This is about how a system works, that entrenches corruption, tax evasion, poverty and instability.
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How does money...
like tax evasion. From 1986 on, they could confiscate wealth simply by demonstrating that concealment had occurred, which had a positive effect on prosecuting major criminal operations, like drug traffickers. However, a legal shift has raised concerns
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George Papandreou:...
to tackle these problems, whether it was lack of transparency and accountability in governance, or whether it was a clientelistic state offering favors to the powerful -- tax avoidance abetted and aided by a global tax evasion system,
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Tackling pollution one...
the factory of the world to becoming the clean tech laboratory of the world now this is not radical innovation like Silicon Valley this is what I like to call tweak evasion because of tweak evasion though China in 20 years you're
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What really motivates...
and in the context, for example, of tax evasion, of tax fraud, have bad media coverage. They lose net new money in the future and therefore make lower profits. That's a very powerful reputational force. Benefits and costs.
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Misha Glenny investigates...
Now these things are an essential part of the money laundering parade, and if you want to do something about illegal tax evasion and transnational organized crime, money laundering, you have to get rid of them.
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Yuval Noah Harari: The...
that the fossil fuel industry causes but isn't asked to pay for, the value of these subsidies actually reaches a staggering seven percent of annual global GDP. Now consider tax evasion.
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The lies our culture...
you're a set of skills to be maximized. And the evil of the meritocracy is that people who've achieved a little more than others are actually worth a little more than others. And so the wages of sin are sin. And my sins were the sins of omission-- not reaching out, failing to show up for my friends, evasion, avoiding conflict.
Video examples
Daniel Libeskind's 17...
The politeama is the city. It's all of us together. And I've always believed that the act of architecture, even a private house, when somebody else will see it, is a political act, because it will be visible to others. And we live in a world which is connecting us more and more. So again, the evasion of that sphere,
Video examples
Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
obligation freely and i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion that i will well and faithfully discharge that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of
Video examples
The Panama Papers...
who's spoken to our undercover investigator and provided suggestions. It's not just about a particular senior politician who's been caught up in a scandal. This is about how a system works, that entrenches corruption, tax evasion, poverty and instability.
Video examples
How does money...
like tax evasion. From 1986 on, they could confiscate wealth simply by demonstrating that concealment had occurred, which had a positive effect on prosecuting major criminal operations, like drug traffickers. However, a legal shift has raised concerns
Video examples
George Papandreou:...
to tackle these problems, whether it was lack of transparency and accountability in governance, or whether it was a clientelistic state offering favors to the powerful -- tax avoidance abetted and aided by a global tax evasion system,
Video examples
Tackling pollution one...
the factory of the world to becoming the clean tech laboratory of the world now this is not radical innovation like Silicon Valley this is what I like to call tweak evasion because of tweak evasion though China in 20 years you're
Video examples
What really motivates...
and in the context, for example, of tax evasion, of tax fraud, have bad media coverage. They lose net new money in the future and therefore make lower profits. That's a very powerful reputational force. Benefits and costs.
Video examples
Misha Glenny investigates...
Now these things are an essential part of the money laundering parade, and if you want to do something about illegal tax evasion and transnational organized crime, money laundering, you have to get rid of them.
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari: The...
that the fossil fuel industry causes but isn't asked to pay for, the value of these subsidies actually reaches a staggering seven percent of annual global GDP. Now consider tax evasion.
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Quote examples
Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
Many governments and corporations take no moral responsibility for the enslavement of migrant workers and freely do business with states built on the back of slave labour. Illicit financial flows and tax evasion are ignored in the interests of some nations and their corporations, stripping the tax base that is so vital for essential services.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal - hardly inspiring - standards of political conduct.
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Indonesian Economist
Changing much-cherished bank secrecy laws is worth the effort. Corruption, tax evasion, and the capture of natural resource revenues undermine the rule of law, weaken the social fabric, erode citizens' trust in institutions, fuel conflict and insecurity, and hamper job creation.
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Gilbert Parker
Canadian Politician
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
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Victor Ponta
Romanian Politician
All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achieved if we rationalize spending, invest available resources wisely, and clamp down on tax evasion.
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George Orwell
British Author
In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
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George C. Marshall
American Soldier
Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.
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Wesley Snipes
American Actor
I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
British Journalist
Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
A daydream is an evasion.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
Many governments and corporations take no moral responsibility for the enslavement of migrant workers and freely do business with states built on the back of slave labour. Illicit financial flows and tax evasion are ignored in the interests of some nations and their corporations, stripping the tax base that is so vital for essential services.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal - hardly inspiring - standards of political conduct.
Quote examples
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Indonesian Economist
Changing much-cherished bank secrecy laws is worth the effort. Corruption, tax evasion, and the capture of natural resource revenues undermine the rule of law, weaken the social fabric, erode citizens' trust in institutions, fuel conflict and insecurity, and hamper job creation.
Quote examples
Gilbert Parker
Canadian Politician
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
Quote examples
Victor Ponta
Romanian Politician
All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achieved if we rationalize spending, invest available resources wisely, and clamp down on tax evasion.
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George Orwell
British Author
In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
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George C. Marshall
American Soldier
Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.
Quote examples
Wesley Snipes
American Actor
I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
British Journalist
Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
A daydream is an evasion.
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