circumvent
to get around or bypass
Roots
- circum: around
- ven / vent: come or arrive
Other words with the ven / vent root
- advent: arrival or beginning
- contravene: to violate or go against a rule or principle
- convene: to come together for a meeting
- convention: a meeting or accepted custom
- conventional: following accepted custom or usual practice
- event: something that happens
- intervene: to come between
Circum gives around; ven / vent gives come. To circumvent is to come around an obstacle instead of meeting it head-on.
The company tried to circumvent the rule with a clever loophole.