flout

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To express contempt for the rules by word or action
To scorn

They flouted the conventions and were asked to leave..

{n} mockery, insult
{v} to mock, to insult
If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it. illegal campers who persist in flouting the law = defy observe, respect. to deliberately disobey a law, rule etc, without trying to hide what you are doing (Probably from flout (14-16 centuries))
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt
To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; often with at
laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
{f} show scorn, show disdain for; mock
treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
A mock; an insult
flouted
past of flout
flouting
present participle of flout
flouts
third-person singular of flout
flout
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