outwit
v
(-tt-) [Tn]
win or defeat (sb) by being cleverer or more cunning than him 以智胜过, 以计击败(某人)
Two prisoners outwitted their guards and got away. 有两个囚犯设计欺骗了警卫而逃走了.
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.