to+flout+law

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• flout — I verb affront, be contemptuous of, be disrespectful, be scornful, care nothing for, cavillari, contemn, defy, deride, despise, disdain, disregard, esteem slightly, feel contempt for, fleer, gibe, hold in contempt, hold in derision, hold in… …   Law dictionary

• flout — [flaut] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from flout to play the flute (14 16 centuries)] to deliberately disobey a law, rule etc, without trying to hide what you are doing ▪ Some companies flout the rules and employ children as young as… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• flout — [ flaut ] verb transitive to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or custom: Skateboarders know they will be prosecuted if they flout the law …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• flout — ► VERB 1) openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention). 2) archaic mock; scoff. USAGE On the confusion of flout and flaunt, see the note at FLAUNT(Cf. ↑flaunt). ORIGIN perhaps from Dutch fluiten whistle, play the flut …   English terms dictionary

• law — n. statute, regulation 1) to administer, apply, enforce a law 2) to adopt, enact, pass; draft; promulgate a law 3) to obey, observe a law 4) to interpret a law (courts interpret laws) 5) to annul, repeal, revoke a law; to declare a law… …   Combinatory dictionary

• flout — flaunt, flout The two words are unrelated. To flaunt means ‘to display ostentatiously’: • Women should have it both ways they should be able to flaunt their sexuality and be taken seriously E. Wurtzel, 1998. To flout means ‘to show contempt for… …   Modern English usage

• flout — UK [flaʊt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms flout : present tense I/you/we/they flout he/she/it flouts present participle flouting past tense flouted past participle flouted to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or custom Skateboarders know they …   English dictionary

• flout — verb ADVERB ▪ deliberately, openly ▪ The protesters have openly flouted the law. Flout is used with these nouns as the object: ↑convention, ↑law, ↑regulation, ↑rule …   Collocations dictionary

• flout — [[t]fla͟ʊt[/t]] flouts, flouting, flouted VERB If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it. [V n] ...illegal campers who persist in flouting the law... [V n]… …   English dictionary

• law — noun 1 official rule/rules ⇨ See also ↑martial law ADJECTIVE ▪ administrative, case, civil, common, constitutional, criminal, statute, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• flout — [flaʊt] verb 1》 openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention). 2》 archaic mock; scoff. Origin C16: perh. from Du. fluiten whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision) . Usage On the confusion of flout with flaunt, see flaunt …   English new terms dictionary