flout

How To Use flout In A Sentence

• I'm sure she's flouting loads of official and unofficial tube etiquette in one fell swoop here.
• In Munich last February, Putin railed against America the "hyperpower" that flouted international law. The Tyrant's Turn
• But the writ of the College was now routinely flouted. THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician
• The Government needs to bring in more stringent punishments for drivers who flout the law. The Sun
• Protecting dictators for geopolitical gains, flouting international laws to protect themselves and lying to their people to justify wars do not help to promote liberal democracy. Times, Sunday Times
• The law is extensively flouted. The Sun
• Revenge is sweet, saith the phrasemonger, and to the old lady whose discipline had been flouted and whose amour propre had been rudely shaken it was very sweet indeed. Who Cares? a story of adolescence
• Hand held speed cameras are deployed to facilitate enforcement evidence aimed at the minority of cyclists who flout the rules and who react in an aggressive manner, usually bewailing the breaching of their civil rights.
• flout the rules
• Under EU rules they flout the law if they carry out the same practice as American dentists and could face six months in jail or a £5,000 fine.