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Synonyms for loophole
ˈlupˌhoʊlloop·hole

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. loopholenoun

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

  2. loopholenoun

    a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons

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  1. escape clause

    Submitted by JohnTravers on August 31, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. loopholenoun

    Synonyms:
    opening (in the wall of a fortification), aperture

  2. loopholenoun

    Synonyms:
    plea, pretext, pretence, excuse, way for evasion, way of escape

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. loopholenoun

    Synonyms:
    excuse, plea, pretext

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "loophole":

    gap, lacuna, vacuum, shortcoming, gat, hole, flaw, subterfuge, deficiency, void, omission

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How to use loophole in a sentence?

  1. Xinpeng Zhu:

    It’s a legal loophole.

  2. Le Maire:

    Everything is on the table, we just have to decide if we want to avoid a loophole in the international taxation system or have many national solutions that would be detrimental to all of us.

  3. Damon McCoy:

    They still do not seem to cover issue ads, PACs, and other dark money groups, these issue ads, PACs, and other dark money groups might still have access to a larger range of targeting options. If this is the case, then that is a large loophole in Google's attempts to limit micro-targeting and political ads.

  4. Steven Rosenthal:

    There will be a lot of rough edges, which advisers and taxpayers will exploit, the COGS loophole for BEAT is a straightforward gimmick, but I am unsure how or whether the IRS will stop it.

  5. David Henkin:

    We are confident the Supreme Court will agree with the appeals court that, when Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect our nation's waters, it did not give polluters a loophole to use groundwater as a sewer to convey harmful pollutants into our oceans, lakes and rivers.


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