Definition: evade, get around, dodge; to conjure away (by magic)
Il préfère escamoter les problèmes que les résoudre - He prefers evading problems to resolving them
Il a escamoté toutes leurs questions - He dodged all of their questions
(informal) - to steal, pinch, filch
On m'a escamoté mon sac à main hier - Someone pinched my purse yesterday
Related: escamotable (adj) - collapsible, retractible, foldaway; escamotage (m) - evading, dodging, filching, retraction
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Il préfère escamoter les problèmes que les résoudre - He prefers evading problems to resolving them
Il a escamoté toutes leurs questions - He dodged all of their questions
(informal) - to steal, pinch, filch
On m'a escamoté mon sac à main hier - Someone pinched my purse yesterday
Related: escamotable (adj) - collapsible, retractible, foldaway; escamotage (m) - evading, dodging, filching, retraction
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Pronunciation: [es ka muh tay]Audio Link
