outwitting

By Jerome Groopman, New Yorker Researchers get closer to outwitting a killer.

Ross sent an elaborate apology for his impertinence, and confessed that he admired her all the more for outwitting him.

The distance in one generation would be increased in the next; brain power conquering brute force and skill outwitting strength.

If he succeeded in outwitting the outlaw, would he at last meet the Whisperer face to face?

This spirit spread till Hillocks lifted up his horn, outwitting the Doctor with his attentions, and reducing him to submission.

Saint Peter outwitting a squad of banner-flying suffragettes.