What is another word for Loopholed?

Pronunciation: [lˈuːphə͡ʊld] (IPA)

The word "loopholed" refers to something that has a way of escaping or skirting around rules or regulations. Synonyms for this could include words like circumvent, evade, sidestep, bypass, or skirt. These words all suggest a deliberate attempt to avoid something or find a way around it. Other synonyms might include words like exploit, leverage, manipulate, or game the system. Each of these words implies that someone is taking advantage of a loophole or gap in the rules in order to benefit themselves or achieve a particular goal. Regardless of the word used, all suggest that someone is finding a way to work around the rules.

What are the hypernyms for Loopholed?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Loopholed

They were all Loopholed, so that on whatever side our enemies might assault the house, a warm reception would be given them.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
They have hurled themselves against fortress positions, and by sheer courage have smashed their way through streets entangled with quick-set hedges of steel, through houses alive with machine-gun fire, through trenches dug between concrete forts, through tunnels under red-brick ruins, sometimes too strong to be touched by shell-fire, and through walls Loopholed for rifle-fire and hiding machine-gun emplacements designed to enfilade the Canadian line of advance.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Scenes of past wars it still bears upon its face, in its farm-houses clustered together for common protection, in the stout walls and Loopholed watch-towers of its towns, record of its warlike and eventful past.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell

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