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
The emergency declaration comes days after the county flouted a demand by the state to shut down Los Padrinos after inspectors repeatedly found the hall was dangerously short-staffed, with hundreds of workers out on medical leave or calling out due to dangerous conditions.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Immigration officials across administrations have too often flouted Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Hezbollah has brazenly flouted the demand for 18 years.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors said that in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where he is being held, Combs had flouted rules regarding communications and phones and was orchestrating contact with witnesses to buy himself out of the case with false testimony.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
For years, an emboldened Maduro has flouted democratic norms, maintaining power through repression and brazen electoral theft.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
And Rodney Alcala really seems to have flouted a lot of his worst tendencies.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Immigration officials across administrations have too often flouted Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Hezbollah has brazenly flouted the demand for 18 years.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors said that in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where he is being held, Combs had flouted rules regarding communications and phones and was orchestrating contact with witnesses to buy himself out of the case with false testimony.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
For years, an emboldened Maduro has flouted democratic norms, maintaining power through repression and brazen electoral theft.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
And Rodney Alcala really seems to have flouted a lot of his worst tendencies.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Flouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flouted. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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