verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flout a law (= deliberately disobey a law )
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Employers who flout the law should be properly punished.
flout a rule (= break it, without trying to hide what you are doing )
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The party continues to flout its own rules.
flout convention (= deliberately not do what is accepted or normal )
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I was determined to flout convention when it came to the funeral arrangements.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deliberately
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Michael Kalisher, for Birds Eye, said there was no way the company had deliberately flouted the law.
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If some one deliberately flouts the law in that manner, they only have themselves to blame for the consequences.
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Sometimes we deliberately flout the charge to be relevant: to signal embarrassment or a desire to change the subject.
■ NOUN
law
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Michael Kalisher, for Birds Eye, said there was no way the company had deliberately flouted the law .
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He's flouted the law and failed to take advise.
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Will he condemn those who have flouted the law simply for commercial gain?
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It is sometimes said that the offender must have been deliberately and flagrantly flouting the law .
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If some one deliberately flouts the law in that manner, they only have themselves to blame for the consequences.
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Last year's average fine of £297 is too low, particularly for those who flout the law continuously.
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Helmut Kohl, chancellor from 1982-98, has been castigated for flouting the party finance laws he enacted.
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Read in studio Police are targetting heavy goods vehicles in a crackdown on drivers who're flouting the law .
rule
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Short stay charges and places in premium car parks have risen and drivers caught flouting the rules face a hefty £30 fine.
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At that time, church officials said Yakunin flouted a rule barring priests from being involved in politics.
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But the Party continues to flout its own rules and the basic principles of parliamentary democracy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many bar owners flout the laws on under-age drinking.
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Thousands of people are killed on our roads every year, yet a majority of us insist on flouting speed limits.
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Too many people regularly flout traffic laws.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Accusations have been made that bus drivers already flout speed limits on the estate.
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He especially enjoyed this party because it was flouting tradition -- it was four years after its customary time.
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It was because he openly flouted racist conventions of the time, which said he had to stay in his place.
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Short stay charges and places in premium car parks have risen and drivers caught flouting the rules face a hefty £30 fine.