evade capture
Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words
To avoid being caught, especially by trickery.
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- The refugees evaded capture by hiding in the dense forest.
- The notorious bank robber managed to evade capture for over a decade.
- Despite a massive manhunt, the fugitive continued to evade capture.
- The clever fox used its knowledge of the terrain to evade capture.
- His main objective in the game was to evade capture by the enemy team.
- She had been evading capture for weeks, moving from city to city.
- The spy was trained in various techniques to evade capture if compromised.
- Evading capture required him to live a life constantly on the run.
- The slippery politician seemed to always evade capture for his corrupt dealings.
- His ability to evade capture was legendary, making him a folk hero to some.