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flout
[flout]
flout
/ ڱʊ /
verb
to show contempt (for); scoff or jeer (at)
Confusables Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- flouter noun
- floutingly adverb
- unflouted adjective
- ˈڱdzܳپԲ adverb
- ˈڱdzܳٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of flout1
Example Sentences
"This prosecution is believed to be the first of its kind, and the CPS will not hesitate to bring criminal charges against individuals who flout the law in this way."
In some cases these are flouted, according to Beth Harris, head of financial crime at the FCA.
Trump's proclamation accused Harvard of developing "extensive entanglements" with foreign countries and continuing to "flout the civil rights of its students and faculty".
In January 1977, desperate for money to finance a heroin deal, he flouted KGB instructions and appeared unannounced outside the Soviet Embassy.
The choices of Libya and Rwanda — rather than, for example, Canada or France — can only be read as an intentional and open flouting of that prohibition.
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