"A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or exp

"A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or explicitly stated, of the system." [1] A loophole is by definition legal, otherwise it would be fraud. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loophole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loophole