loophole
/ˈlupˌhoʊl/ n [C]Definition
› an opportunity to legally avoid an unpleasant responsibility, usually because of a mistake in the way rules or laws have been written: The new law is designed to close most of the tax loopholes.
(Definition of loophole n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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