Usually means: Exploits in rules or laws.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word loopholes:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. loopholes: Merriam-Webster
  2. loopholes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. loopholes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Loopholes, loopholes: Wordnik
  5. loopholes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. loopholes: Wiktionary
  7. loopholes: Dictionary.com
  8. loopholes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Loopholes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Loopholes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Loopholes: Legal dictionary
  2. Loopholes: Financial dictionary

(Note: See loophole as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (loophole)

noun:  (historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.
noun:  (figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.
verb:  (military, transitive) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers
verb:  (transitive) To exploit (a law, etc.) by means of loopholes.
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