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an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation

Reagan was a president who cut income taxes dramatically but also closed corporate loopholes...
Ross Douthat & Reihan Salam -- Grand New Party

There was, apparently, no considered loopholes.
Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
When he first heard Cornelius's voice demanding admittance, it brought merely the hope of a loophole for escape.
Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
The only thing that interests me now is the problem of circumventing the machine, learning if the inevitable admits a loophole.
Albert Camus -- The Stranger
Belle was at one of the loopholes.
Louis L'Amour -- The Broken Gun
We've got Cust on the Doncaster murder-the bloodstained coat, the knife-not a loophole there.
Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
I frowned, my mind racing, looking for loopholes.
James Patterson -- Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
After Comrade Pillai left, Inspector Thomas Mathew went over their conversation in his mind, teasing it, testing its logic, looking for loopholes.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
Obviously Mattie knew what there was to know about loopholes.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
When Mabel awoke the light of the sun was streaming in through the loopholes, and she found that the day was considerably advanced.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder
You've just got to make sure you close the loopholes.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Not a loophole was left, through which the bravest, the most cunning man might escape.
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
But it left me no loophole for escape—no chance to be the common, weak creature I am.
Henry James -- The American
I want to have every loophole plugged up before I announce anything whatever!
Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
—but I got a clipped, cold no. A no without loopholes.
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
He thought he could see Kreacher struggling to see a loophole in the instructions he had just been given and waited.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
His freedom wouldn't be based on some tricky legal loophole or the exploitation of a technicality.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
He went looking for a loophole and quickly found one: Beginner's Spanish.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
"You're still looking for the way out, the loophole in the deal that means you can pack your bags and go without consequences.
Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
"Ah!" said I, pressing him, for I thought I saw him near a loophole here; "but would that be your opinion at Walworth?"
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

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