flout
verb (used with object)
to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock.
had flouted
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past perfectof flout.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Museveni said while residents of Mubende had largely observed quarantine, those in Kasanda had flouted some rules, including a family that exhumed a relative who had died of Ebola for reburial, leading to more deaths.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2022
He also scrapped an investigation into whether the agency had flouted pandemic protocols despite recommendations from his staff.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2022
One of the articles she wrote for the series examined The Star’s failure to cover how the Kansas City public school system had flouted desegregation laws.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
In later years, the story spread that Jackson had flouted the Supreme Court by remarking, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
I had flouted the king’s laws all my life.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
