LOOPHOLE


Meaning of LOOPHOLE in English

/ ˈluːphəʊl; NAmE -hoʊl/ noun

loophole (in sth) a mistake in the way a law, contract, etc. has been written which enables people to legally avoid doing sth that the law, contract, etc. had intended them to do :

a legal loophole

to close existing loopholes

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent. (denoting an arrow slit): from obsolete loop embrasure + hole .

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