D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Circumvention

/sẽrkˌ-əm-vĕn'-chən/ · Cir·cum·ven·tion · IPA /ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈvɛnʃən/
01 n. The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
  1. 1.
    The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
    “A school in which he learns sly circumvention.” Cowper.