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Another word for flout

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Verb

  1. To refuse or fail to obey

    Idioms:
    See also:

    resist

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Another word for flout

Verb
  1. See also:

    sneer

    scorn

    ridicule

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Sentence Examples

  • flout the norms simply by being who they are.

  • As the Danes soon afterwards took possession of Schleswig again, thePrussians once more drove them back, but, in view of the threatening attitude of the powers, Frederick William summoned up courage to flout the opinion of the German parliament, and on the 26th of August, without the central government being consulted, an armistice of seven months was agreed upon at Malmoe.

  • flout the regulations should be challenged on their attitudes, not ignored.

  • We will make businesses which flagrantly flout the rules criminally liable for the consequences.

  • The problems are well understood, yet each year member states openly flout EU rules.

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