loopholery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

loophole +‎ -ry

Noun[edit]

loopholery (uncountable)

  1. The use of loopholes to achieve a goal.
    • 2008 September 9, Jim Hightower, “Breaking the Lobbyists' Stranglehold on Our Democracy”, in Creators[1]:
      Such shameless butt-kissing was supposedly banned by the 2007 lobbying reforms. But, through creative loopholery, the House ethics committee ruled before the conventions that the ban applies only to events honoring a single lawmaker, not to those benefiting two or more.