Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers

  2. (transitive)To exploit (a law, etc.) by means of loopholes.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. Tom took advantage of a tax loophole.

    ruТом воспользовался лазейкой в налоговом законодательстве.

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  2. Maybe there's a loophole.

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  3. There are no loopholes.

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  4. Tom used a legal loophole.

    deTom nutzte eine Gesetzeslücke.

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  5. There are many loopholes in this system.

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Origin

From Middle English loupe (“opening in a wall”) + hole, from a Germanic source. By surface

From Middle English loupe (“opening in a wall”) + hole, from a Germanic source. By surface analysis, loop + hole. Compare Medieval Latin loupa, lobia and Middle Dutch lupen (“to watch”).

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Forms

loopholes, loopholing, loopholed, loopholed
Base formloophole · to loophole
3rd person singularloopholes
Present participleloopholing
Past simpleloopholed
Past participleloopholed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyloophole
he, she, itloopholes

Past simpleLesson

all personsloopholed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave loopholed
he, she, ithas loopholed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill loophole

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
loonylooploopylooseA2
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