scape

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high Synonyms avoid, dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, escape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)Related Words miss; avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off); ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out; bypass, circumvent, skirt; foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwartNear Antonyms accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome; catch, contract, incur