Flout
/flaʊt/verb
To openly refuse to follow a rule or law, or to show no respect for it.
Despite the laws on speeding, many people flout the limit and drive too fast.
Often appears as...
- flout the law
- flout the rules
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Disapproving
verb
To openly refuse to follow a rule or law, or to show no respect for it.
Despite the laws on speeding, many people flout the limit and drive too fast.
Often appears as...
- flout the law
- flout the rules
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Intentional Disregard
Using 'flout' indicates someone is deliberately ignoring rules, not just accidentally breaking them.
Activists decided to flout the curfew as a sign of protest.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Flout' often carries a negative tone, suggesting disapproval of the action.
He openly flouted the company's dress code, earning a reprimand.
Pro Tip 3/3Rebellious Context
'Flout' is typically used in situations where someone is rebelling against authority or convention.
The novelist flouted literary conventions to create her unique style.
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Prohibition: Banning...
it was clear that Prohibition had not brought the social improvements it had promised. Instead it contributed to political corruption and organized crime and was flouted by millions of citizens. At one raid on an Detroit beer hall, the local sheriff, mayor and a congressman
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Shereen El-Feki: How to...
Shereen It's not just a question of unfair or ineffective laws. Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted.
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Prohibition: Banning...
it was clear that Prohibition had not brought the social improvements it had promised. Instead it contributed to political corruption and organized crime and was flouted by millions of citizens. At one raid on an Detroit beer hall, the local sheriff, mayor and a congressman
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Shereen El-Feki: How to...
Shereen It's not just a question of unfair or ineffective laws. Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
Ms.' always flouted the rules of the ad world that say, especially for products directed at women, that the ad must be connected to the editorial. You don't have food ads unless you have recipes. You don't get clothing ads unless you have lavish fashion coverage. We never did that; every other women's magazine does.
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John O. Brennan
American Public Servant
By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.
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Shereen El Feki
British Journalist
Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens.
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Karen Hughes
American Politician
I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years.
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John Fleming
American Politician
We know that the crime committed by people with guns by criminals, they get the guns by flouting the law to begin with. They don't go to gun shows.
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Ann Widdecombe
British Politician
It is quite wrong that one group of people should regularly and deliberately flout the law, boast about it and get away with it.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
If an employer decides to flout the law, it may be guilty of criminal offences and subject to serious financial liability.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
If somebody flouts laws unconstitutionally, they will not get support from the BJP.
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Gautam Adani
Indian Businessman
Modi government has not flouted any rule or regulation to help anyone.
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Arvind Kejriwal
Indian Politician
I have not flouted any rules on transfers or posting.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
Ms.' always flouted the rules of the ad world that say, especially for products directed at women, that the ad must be connected to the editorial. You don't have food ads unless you have recipes. You don't get clothing ads unless you have lavish fashion coverage. We never did that; every other women's magazine does.
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John O. Brennan
American Public Servant
By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.
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Shereen El Feki
British Journalist
Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens.
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Karen Hughes
American Politician
I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years.
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John Fleming
American Politician
We know that the crime committed by people with guns by criminals, they get the guns by flouting the law to begin with. They don't go to gun shows.
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Ann Widdecombe
British Politician
It is quite wrong that one group of people should regularly and deliberately flout the law, boast about it and get away with it.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
If an employer decides to flout the law, it may be guilty of criminal offences and subject to serious financial liability.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
If somebody flouts laws unconstitutionally, they will not get support from the BJP.
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Gautam Adani
Indian Businessman
Modi government has not flouted any rule or regulation to help anyone.
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Arvind Kejriwal
Indian Politician
I have not flouted any rules on transfers or posting.
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