Synonyms for loophole
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : loop-hohl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlupˌhoʊl |
Définition of loophole
Origin :- also loop-hole, mid-15c., from Middle English loupe "opening in a wall" for shooting through or admitting light (c.1300), perhaps related to Middle Dutch lupen "to watch, peer;" + hole (n.). Figurative sense of "outlet, means of escape" is from 1660s.
- noun escape
- The minister was weakening most lamentably, giving her husband a loophole to escape.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- From every side he attacked the problem, but nowhere could he find the loophole he sought.
- Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter
- "Well," Captain Jerry wriggled and twisted, but saw no loophole.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- He saw it now, and saw that the only loophole was the chance this combat offered him.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- For myself, if I fail, there may well be some loophole of escape.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- Thus he was determined to take no risks, and leave her no loophole of escape.
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- I tell you I have taken every care that there is no loophole of escape.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Presently Walter succeeded in sending a bullet through the loophole.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
- But the adventurer did dare, and the loophole, the weak link, was exposed.
- Extract from : « The Affair of the Brains » by Anthony Gilmore
- He was like his brethren—never at a loss when a loophole of any kind is required.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
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