as in disregarded
to ignore in a disrespectful manner
an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled
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Recent Examples of flouted
Just because Healy has flouted the law along State Road A1A for more than 20 years does not give him the right to complain that he finally got caught!
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Republicans also flouted norms.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
For much of the past six decades, although borders have repeatedly been flouted and—in a few notable cases—redrawn, that legal precept has generally held.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2025
Time and time again, Russia has flouted those assurances.
—John Shelton, National Review, 28 Feb. 2025
In February of 2020, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan flouted a long-standing agreement with Europe and opened its western borders, allowing thousands of people to attempt crossing in a matter of days.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Russia, a revisionist power, flouted it with an expansionist assault against neighboring Georgia back in 2008, resulting in little pushback and ultimately leading to the war on Ukraine.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
Some within the conservative camp have expressed alarm at the party’s embrace of a group that most mainstream conservatives had previously kept at arm’s length, as well as the persecution of legislators who have flouted the party line to support the president’s impeachment and arrest.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
But the fact of the call and its timing flouted any regard for even the appearance of a conflict of interest at a time when the Supreme Court has come under intense scrutiny over the justices’ refusal to adopt a more rigorous and enforceable ethics code.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Republicans also flouted norms.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
For much of the past six decades, although borders have repeatedly been flouted and—in a few notable cases—redrawn, that legal precept has generally held.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2025
Time and time again, Russia has flouted those assurances.
—John Shelton, National Review, 28 Feb. 2025
In February of 2020, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan flouted a long-standing agreement with Europe and opened its western borders, allowing thousands of people to attempt crossing in a matter of days.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Russia, a revisionist power, flouted it with an expansionist assault against neighboring Georgia back in 2008, resulting in little pushback and ultimately leading to the war on Ukraine.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
Some within the conservative camp have expressed alarm at the party’s embrace of a group that most mainstream conservatives had previously kept at arm’s length, as well as the persecution of legislators who have flouted the party line to support the president’s impeachment and arrest.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
But the fact of the call and its timing flouted any regard for even the appearance of a conflict of interest at a time when the Supreme Court has come under intense scrutiny over the justices’ refusal to adopt a more rigorous and enforceable ethics code.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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