[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to go around or bypass:to circumvent the lake;to circumvent the real issues.", "to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting:He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.Synonyms: outwit , evade , elude , escape", "to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap:to circumvent a body of enemy troops.Synonyms: ensnare , encircle"]}]