evade detection

idiom

: to avoid being found out or discovered
His criminal activities somehow evaded detection.

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Privacy Risk Is Being Rewritten by Emerging Technologies Threat actors are using artificial intelligence to scale reconnaissance, construct convincing phishing operations, and evade detection. Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Cocaine can be dumped into the water to evade detection from law enforcement or to be picked up by other smugglers, but the drug sometimes end up on beaches and in the waters off Florida. Stephen Smith, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026 Hernandez-Gonzalez was initially charged in state court with marijuana trafficking and money laundering, before being indicted federally after investigators uncovered a pattern of structured bank deposits designed to evade detection. Jp Mangalindan, Time, 16 Jan. 2026 Retail crime enterprises deliberately operate across jurisdictions to evade detection and prosecution. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evade detection

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“Evade detection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evade%20detection. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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