拡かく大だい解かい釈しゃく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

broad interpretation; liberal interpretation

Interpreting a rule, law, or statement more broadly than its literal wording, often to apply it to situations not originally intended. Can carry a nuance of stretching the meaning, sometimes with a negative connotation.

• その法ほう律りつは拡かく大だい解かい釈しゃくされ、様さま々ざまなケースに適てき用ようされた。

  The law was broadly interpreted and applied to various cases.

• 彼かれは規き則そくを拡かく大だい解かい釈しゃくして、自じ分ぶんの都つ合ごうのいいように利り用ようした。

  He stretched the rules to suit his own convenience.