[Political Junkie Too]

a scheme to circumnavigate drinking laws

I think the author meant "circumvent."

I'll give him one point for daring to use important-sounding a big word.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

I'll give him one point for daring to use an important-sounding a big word.

[Red Badger]

News-weak....................

[deport]

Interesting, I had to go look.

circumnavigate

find a way around (an obstacle).
*go around or avoid (an obstacle).
“he helped her to circumnavigate a frozen puddle”

*avoid dealing with (something difficult or unpleasant).
“they circumnavigated the issue”

circumvent

overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way.
“I found it quite easy to circumvent security”
synonyms: avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge; More
ARCHAIC
deceive; outwit.
“he’s circumvented her with some of his stories”
synonyms: avoid, get round, find a way round, evade, get past, bypass, sidestep, dodge;