Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to loophole
Participle: loopholed
Gerund: loopholing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | loophole |
| you | loophole |
| he;she;it | loopholes |
| we | loophole |
| you | loophole |
| they | loophole |
Perfect
| I | have loopholed |
| you | have loopholed |
| he;she;it | has loopholed |
| we | have loopholed |
| you | have loopholed |
| they | have loopholed |
Past
| I | loopholed |
| you | loopholed |
| he;she;it | loopholed |
| we | loopholed |
| you | loopholed |
| they | loopholed |
Pluperfect
| I | had loopholed |
| you | had loopholed |
| he;she;it | had loopholed |
| we | had loopholed |
| you | had loopholed |
| they | had loopholed |
Future
| I | will loophole |
| you | will loophole |
| he;she;it | will loophole |
| we | will loophole |
| you | will loophole |
| they | will loophole |
Future Perfect
| I | will have loopholed |
| you | will have loopholed |
| he;she;it | will have loopholed |
| we | will have loopholed |
| you | will have loopholed |
| they | will have loopholed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | loophole |
| you | loophole |
| he;she;it | loophole |
| we | loophole |
| you | loophole |
| they | loophole |
Perfect
| I | have loopholed |
| you | have loopholed |
| he;she;it | have loopholed |
| we | have loopholed |
| you | have loopholed |
| they | have loopholed |
Imperfect
| I | loopholed |
| you | loopholed |
| he;she;it | loopholed |
| we | loopholed |
| you | loopholed |
| they | loopholed |
Pluperfect
| I | had loopholed |
| you | had loopholed |
| he;she;it | had loopholed |
| we | had loopholed |
| you | had loopholed |
| they | had loopholed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would loophole |
| you | would loophole |
| he;she;it | would loophole |
| we | would loophole |
| you | would loophole |
| they | would loophole |
Perfect
| I | would have loopholed |
| you | would have loopholed |
| he;she;it | would have loopholed |
| we | would have loopholed |
| you | would have loopholed |
| they | would have loopholed |
Imperative
| you | loophole |
| we | Let's loophole |
| you | loophole |
Verbs conjugated like 'loophole'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'loophole'
boohoe,
boothale,
cornhole,
gloryhole,
looove,
posthole,
wormhole,
apoptose,
blackhole,
boohoo,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English loupe (“opening in a wall”) + hole, from a Germanic source. By surface analysis, loop + hole. Compare Medieval Latin loupa, lobia and Middle Dutch lupen (“to watch”).
Sample Sentences
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The lower windows were barricaded, and the whole building loopholed for musketry fire. [1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard:]
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The doors were barricaded, the shutters closed upon the windows and loopholed, and provisions were brought in from the outhouses. [1907, A. E. W. Mason, The Broken Road:]
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The Germans were loopholing it for defence. [1915, W. H. L. Watson, Adventures of a Despatch Rider:]
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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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De-moralizing the subject can be, quite simply, demoralizing, as stirring statements of ideals turn into persnickety rules with exceptions crying out to be loopholed. [2005, Deborah Rhode, David Luban, Legal Ethics Stories:]