-
compound of the
words scoff and law. Its use has been
extended to mean one who
flouts any law,
especially those difficult to enforce, and
particularly traffic...
- is
possible to
flout a
maxim and
thereby convey a
different meaning than what is
literally said.
Often in conversation, a
speaker flouts a
maxim to produce...
- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
rogue is a
person or
entity that
flouts accepted norms of
behavior or
strikes out on an
independent and possibly...
-
original on 24 June 2016.
Retrieved 24 June 2016. ****unta, Mary (2006). "BAT
flouts tobacco-free
World Cup policy".
Tobacco Control. 11 (3): 277–278. doi:10...
- and ****. The
Guardian (7
December 2010).
Retrieved on 9 May 2012. "Royals
flout puritanical laws to
throw parties for
young elite while religious police...
-
quarter despite surrender, the
conscription of
children in the
military and
flouting the
legal distinctions of
proportionality and
military necessity. The formal...
- 800 people, with only 7,800 of
Mexican descent. Many
immigrants openly flouted Mexican law,
especially the
prohibition against slavery.
Combined with...
-
recent immigrants competed with
Blacks for jobs. In the 1920s, the
public flouting of
Prohibition laws,
organized crime, mob violence, and
corrupt police...
- in Broadway, New York. When
Randle McMurphy arrives at the hospital, he
flouts her
rules with
impunity and
inspires other patients to follow. Her attempts...
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stood by his statement,
saying that it was
based on Israel's "repeated
flouting of
international law", and his own
personal experiences with Israelis....
