loophole
noun
a means of escape or evasion; a means or opportunity of evading a rule, law, etc..
loopholed
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past participleof loophole.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof loophole.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
loopholenouna means of escape or evasion; a means or opportunity of evading a rule, law, etc..
Example Sentences
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Any legislation however altruistic is loopholed to death.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018
Swaney loopholed her way into a spot in the skiing halfpipe for Hungary and then cautiously coasted down the course.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2018
The heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The small tanks streamed last week up the mountain road while Pathans in their little loopholed houses peered out goggle-eyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
It took a fortnight's hard work to construct the stockade, which was loopholed at regular intervals, and strengthened by a mound of earth on the inside.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
