How to pronounce “loophole”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.
• (figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.
• [Verb]
• (military, transitive) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers
• (transitive) To exploit (a law, etc.) by means of loopholes.

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