evasion
- noun
- /ɪˈveɪʒən/
- Specialized
- Using sophisticated techniques, the malware managed to achieve evasion against detection software.
Examples
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4) Tax evasion is much more pervasive in the non-state sector than in the state sector.
Academic text (1994) -
Every other respondent gave at least one description of a situation in which tax evasion would be considered justified.
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Finally, while tax evasion is also a significant problem for the Israeli state, the difference is unclear.
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Three respondents said that tax evasion is never acceptable.
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In Argentina, tax evasion is widespread.
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The metaphors encourage control, surveillance, and capitalist expansion through computer technologies, and also evasion and resistance through computer technologies.
Academic text (1997) -
The authors will release a previously unpublished JavaScript evasion technique and demonstrate its use in evading a variety of present-day defensive technologies.
Blog text (11) -
The hacker's evasion of the security system went unnoticed for weeks.
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The company's evasion of digital security protocols allowed the attackers to infiltrate their network.
Synonyms
A quick move to avoid danger
A quick movement to avoid someone or something, for example a ball
An action that avoids a rule or law by finding a clever way around it
Avoiding being caught by using clever plans or quick moves
Doing something in secret to avoid being noticed
Antonyms
Compounds
How Stealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evasion comes from Latin e- 'out' and vadere 'to go', so it literally means 'going out' or escaping. That's why in computer security an evasion is a trick that helps malware slip past detectors and stay hidden.