evader
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7.2
- noun
- /ɪˈveɪdər/
:
evasor
- French police found computer files on 130,000 potential tax evaders.
- tax evaders
- draft evaders
But I think there's a some word to be said on behalf of tax evaders that governments like to raise taxes until they meet popular resistance.
- But I think there's a some word to be said on behalf of tax evaders that governments like to raise taxes until they meet popular resistance.
Examples
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A burgeoning police force was employed to arrest tax evaders and provide protection for chiefs during tax collection.
Academic text (2006) -
And also a tax evader.
Blog text (29) -
Well, he must have been a draft evader because he never registered.
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A campaign against tax evaders has also been declared.
Academic text (1990) -
The police are now looking at new equipment and training to catch potential evaders.
Blog text (24) -
Throughout the 1990s, successive crackdowns on tax evaders were launched to little avail.
Academic text (2000) -
Feds just went from busting barrels to busting tax evaders.
Blog text (16) -
Inmates are mayors, business execs, doctors stealing Medicare, tax evaders, people like that.
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Aside from protecting Macon against federal raiders, these soldiers guarded the government property from the growing numbers of local draft evaders and deserters.
Academic text (2007) -
The government is launching initiatives to catch tax evaders who try to cheat the system.
Synonyms
101
4.4
A person who breaks the law and has no legal protection
20
7.9
A person who avoids duties and rules by lying or tricking others
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5.1
A person who breaks a law or other rule
11
3.8
A person who does things that are against the law
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7.8
A person who avoids military service illegally
1
8.8
A person who illegally avoids being sent to serve in the army
A person who breaks the law
A person who avoids rules or official control
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Etymology
Evader comes from the verb evade, from Latin evadere made of e- 'out' and vadere 'to go'. A helpful way to remember this is that a tax or draft evader is someone who 'gets out' of a legal duty, so the word means a person who illegally avoids an obligation.