loopholing

Gaming the rules

Loopholing is the practice of exploiting technicalities or ambiguities in rules to circumvent their intent while remaining technically compliant.

The term often appears in discussions of tax avoidance, legal maneuvering, or gaming systems: Corporate loopholing costs governments billions in lost revenue.

The word carries a connotation of clever but ethically dubious behavior.

evasion

circumvention

Act of going around

sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
bypassingAvoiding by going around
skirtingAvoiding by going around

dodging · workaround · avoidance · eluding · maneuvering · outflanking · outmaneuvering · wriggling · ducking · finessing

exploitation

gaming

Interactive electronic entertainment

manipulatingInfluencing through cunning
abusingHarming through misuse
bendingCurving from straight

stretching · twisting · misusing · taking advantage · cheating · outsmarting · outwitting · scheming · craftiness · leveraging

legal

tax avoidance

Legal payment minimization

shelteringProtecting from elements
structuringImposing systematic order
offshoreAway from land

creative accounting · tax planning · exemptions · deductions · write-offs · jurisdictional · corporate structures

Opposites

ethical orientation

loopholingethical conduct

Morally principled behavior

straightforwardness · good faith · transparency · forthrightness · moral rectitude

legal compliance approach

loopholingcomplying

Following rules or requests

toeing the line

rule violation spectrum

loopholingviolating

Infringing upon established rules

lawbreaking · criminal conduct

Family

hole, loophole, loopholes, loopholed

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