eludere
to evade
verb eh-LOO-deh-reh Rare
Origin: From Latin eludere, 'to escape by trickery'.
Also means
to elude; to circumvent
Usage Note
Eludere means to escape or sidestep — eludere i controlli (to evade checks), eludere una domanda (to dodge a question). It takes avere as the auxiliary. It is more formal than evitare (to avoid) and implies clever or deliberate circumvention rather than simple avoidance.
Examples
"Cercò di eludere i controlli doganali."
Natural Translation
He tried to evade customs checks.

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