Learn English – Creating a situation that is too easy to cheat

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I'm looking for a word or term that means a situation where it is too easy to cheat.

For example, a guy leaves his keys in the ignition and kids walk by and think about stealing the car. At that point, stealing the car is so easy, it's almost foolish not to steal it.

I thought that "moral hazard" would be a good idea, but it turns out that that has very specific meaning: where a person with protection from risk acts in a way that he wouldn't have acted absent that protection.

Best Answer

You may call it an open invitation.

TFD:

an open invitation

2. Something that provides an ostensible reason or excuse for someone to do something immoral or illegal.
A lot of people fear that legalizing marijuana will create an open invitation for people to try, buy, or sell any drug they can think of.

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