Circumvent

/ˌsɜːr.kəmˈvent/ verb easy

To find a clever way around an obstacle, rule, or difficulty.

The shipping company circumvented the new tariff by routing packages through a neighboring country.

Memory Trick

'Circum-' (around) plus 'vent' (to come, as in 'venture') — to circumvent a rule is literally to come around it rather than through it.