beat the system

English

Verb

beat the system (third-person singular simple present beats the system, present participle beating the system, simple past beat the system, past participle beaten the system)

1. To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.

   Hyponyms: game the system, play the system, work the system

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: huijata järjestelmää
• Spanish: vencer al sistema

See also

• David-and-Goliath
• if you can't beat them, join them
• you can't fight City Hall

 

Further reading

• “beat the system”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “beat the system” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “beat the system” (US) / “beat the system” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.