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Definition
an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
- So then there are loopholes, after all, to creep out of the hermitage to the ladies.Book 2 — An Unfortunate Gathering (6% in)
- because every door was not closed and justice might still find a loophole.Book 8 — Mitya (9% in)
There are no more uses of "loophole" in The Brothers Karamazov.
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