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loopholed

loopholed is the simple past and past participle of loophole.

Meaning of loophole

Verb

loophole (third-person singular simple present loopholes, present participle loopholing, simple past and past participle loopholed)

  1. (transitive) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers
    • The lower windows were barricaded, and the whole building loopholed for musketry fire.1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard
  2. (transitive) To exploit (a law, etc.) by means of loopholes.
    • Abroad they had developed loopholing the law into an art; in Israel they jettisoned loopholing for ignoring the law wherever possible. Obeying laws was for naive fools.1988, Macabee Dean, The Ashmadai Solution: A Surrealistic Extrapolation of a Gentle Genocide

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Adjective

loopholed (not comparable)

  1. Having a loophole.
    • the loopholed walls of the castle

Questions about loopholed

What does loopholed mean?
Loopholed means having a loophole.
What is loopholed the simple past and past participle of?
Loopholed is the simple past and past participle of loophole.
What part of speech is loopholed?
Loopholed is an adjective.

Words near loopholed in the dictionary

  1. loopers
  2. loopes
  3. loopful
  4. loopfuls
  5. loophole
  6. loopholed
  7. loopholery
  8. loopholes
  9. loopholing
  10. loophound
  11. loopie

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