Catch
Catch verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: I'll catch you at the library tomorrow
Evade
Evade verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: people who use every loophole in the law to evade paying taxes
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Russian Rabkrin, at times, had to actively evade purges ordered by Stalin and the NKVD to catch them.
Source: Literature / Declare -
In the video game adaptation of World's Wildest Police Videos, one mission has you trying to not only catch a crook, but also evade a persistent news van that's trying to get footage of the stakeout.
Source: If It Bleeds, It Leads -
Every time, the police will deploy forces in order to catch them, and every time they evade capture and make off with the painting they were after.
Source: Manga / Cat's Eye
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