eluding 1 of 2

as in escape
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable the criminal's eluding of the police finally came to an end when he was caught trying to leave the country

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eluding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of elude

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Recent Examples of eluding
Verb
Her criminal record includes a charge for fleeing, eluding and obstructing a police officer. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025 Douglas County jurors convicted Tory Conyers, 46, of vehicular homicide, hit-and-run causing death, eluding a peace officer, theft and reckless driving. Max Levy, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025 Rosa travelled north some twelve hundred miles, on foot and by bus, paying smugglers and eluding predators. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 Increase the penalty for fleeing and eluding a police officer. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025 In recent years, though, both parties have wielded the process to pass highly consequential — and often budget-busting — legislation while eluding the 60-vote threshold normally imposed by the Senate’s filibuster. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2025 Mahoney was charged with assault with intent to murder and fourth-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer. Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024 Prosecutors at one point also charged Diallo with eluding a police officer, recklessly endangering safety and bail jumping. Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024 McNary was initially arrested for simple battery, failure to stop/remain at a crash involving serious bodily injury, fleeing and eluding law enforcement and obstruction without violence. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eluding
Noun
  • Lake Placid’s renaissance has transformed it into Central Florida's most surprising small-town escape with an unhurried pace and a slice of Americana.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 22 July 2025
  • For Carrington, born in 1917, art was an escape from her genteel, repressive British upbringing.
    Celia Bell July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • The driver was arrested on charges of unlawful gun possession and evading police and booked at the Sacramento County Juvenile Hall.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Chau paid local fishermen to take him near North Sentinel Island, evading the exclusion zone.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • Alcantara has two other arrests for weapons possession and fare evasion, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Which only underscores the importance of drafting well and avoiding the need to fill holes through free agency.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
  • His offseason of work at the position centered around avoiding that happening again.
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Williams was taken to Blount County Detention Facility, in Maryville, Tennessee, and prosecutors brought an additional charge against him for escaping federal custody.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Reading can be a powerful way of escaping, relaxing and learning more about ourselves.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Eluding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eluding. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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