evade detection
idiom
: to avoid being found out or discovered
His criminal activities somehow evaded detection.
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Fugitives can evade detection by holing up and using a network of criminal or personal acquaintances to stay supplied.
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Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 June 2024
How did millions of dollars in payments evade detection from the person who oversaw Ohtani’s finances?
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Russian soldiers, using heavy cloud cover to evade detection by Ukrainian surveillance drones, managed to break into the northern outskirts of the city in recent days, according to Ukrainian soldiers in the area.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
Hamas has had to dig deeper in recent years, to evade detection and Israeli strikes, analysts say.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
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Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 June 2024
How did millions of dollars in payments evade detection from the person who oversaw Ohtani’s finances?
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Russian soldiers, using heavy cloud cover to evade detection by Ukrainian surveillance drones, managed to break into the northern outskirts of the city in recent days, according to Ukrainian soldiers in the area.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
Hamas has had to dig deeper in recent years, to evade detection and Israeli strikes, analysts say.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
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