-
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...
- 800 people, with only 7,800 of
Mexican descent. Many
immigrants openly flouted Mexican law,
especially the
prohibition against slavery.
Combined with...
- to
flout an
unwritten constitutional convention; or to
dispute the correct,
legal interpretation of the
violated constitutional law or of the
flouted political...
-
recent immigrants competed with
Blacks for jobs. In the 1920s, the
public flouting of
Prohibition laws,
organized crime, mob violence, and
corrupt police...
- and ****. The
Guardian (7
December 2010).
Retrieved on 9 May 2012. "Royals
flout puritanical laws to
throw parties for
young elite while religious police...
-
opinion increasingly turned against Prohibition, more and more
people flouted the law, and a gr****roots
movement began working in
earnest for Prohibition's...
- patients'
illnesses are
based on
subtle or
controversial insights. His
flouting of
hospital rules and
procedures frequently leads him into
conflict with...
- ways of the colonies,
including their self-governing charters,
their open
flouting of the
Navigation Acts, and
their growing military power. He therefore...
