flout
verb (used with object)
to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock.
flouted
Example Sentences
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He has highlighted a site at the end of Newlands Road, Wickford, that has flouted planning laws for years.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
While leading the commission from 2017 to 2020, he advocated for individual investors and cracked down on the public sale of cryptocurrencies, which he had said flouted investor protections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
In recent years, however, the company has repeatedly flouted regulators and the legal process.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
North Korea is subject to multiple United Nations sanctions banning its nuclear weapons development and use of ballistic missile technology, restrictions it has repeatedly flouted.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The Washington boys didn’t think much of the class business, though, and they flouted it.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
