divert
- Changing the direction or purpose of a certain matter or subject
- The act of temporarily reassigning an accused person's case from the typical legal system to a program or treatment
- The legal counsel moved to divert the funds from the estate to charity.
- The judge decided to divert the first-time offender to a rehabilitation program instead of sentencing him to jail.
- The claim was successfully diverted away from court litigation and resolved through mediation.
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