Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word FLOUT
FLOUT
Definitions of FLOUT
- The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law.
- A mockery or insult.
- (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
- (transitive, archaic) To scorn.
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using FLOUT in a Sentence
- In the course of government, the crisis results when one or more of the parties to a political dispute willfully chooses to violate a law of the constitution; or to flout an unwritten constitutional convention; or to dispute the correct, legal interpretation of the violated constitutional law or of the flouted political custom.
- Longstanding precedent holds that fugitives flout the court's authority, and thus forfeit their right to appeal.
- " Black argued that the Tinkers' behavior was indeed disruptive and declared, "I repeat that if the time has come when pupils of state-supported schools, kindergarten, can defy and flout orders of school officials to keep their minds on their own schoolwork, it is the beginning of a new revolutionary era of permissiveness in this country fostered by the judiciary.
- The FCC vote was opposed by members of Congress who said the FCC had tried to "flout the will of Congress" and the decision was "wrongheaded, misguided and illogical".
- Adding to his woes are a pair of deceitful pimps who openly flout the law and relish in humiliating him.
- Under his leadership, the 1 PDU acquired the nicknames, "Cotton's Club" or the less flattering "Cotton's Crooks" (mainly due to Cotton's propensity to flout regulations).
- " Hale was one of a handful of women of the time, including Elizabeth Nourse and Elizabeth Coffin, who "created compelling self-portraits in which they fearlessly presented themselves as individuals willing to flout social codes and challenge accepted ideas regarding women's place in society.
- His move from CEO to chairman of Schroders was widely criticised; for example, in The Independent, "City in uproar as Schroder's tycoons flout the rules on good governance".
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