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by Xixi 2355 days ago
"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