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What (who) is Flout - definition
flout
(flouts, flouting, flouted)
If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it.
...illegal campers who persist in flouting the law...
= defy
? observe, respect
VERB: V n
flout
I. v. a.
Insult, mock, jeer, gibe, fleer, deride, taunt, chaff, scoff at, sneer at, treat with contempt.
II. v. n.
Sneer, jeer, gibe, scoff, fleer, fling, be contemptuous.
III. n.
Insult, mocking, mockery, mock, sneer, jeer, gibe, fling, scoffing, scoff, taunt.
flout
[fla?t]
¦ verb
1. openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).
2. archaic mock; scoff.
Origin
C16: perh. from Du. fluiten 'whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision)'.
Usage
On the confusion of flout with flaunt, see flaunt.
Examples of use of Flout
1. Those who flout the vest requirement receive a warning.
2. Another 15 signed agreements not to flout the rule again.
3. Did she use her celebrity to flout Malawi‘s adoption laws?
4. They prefered to become morally tainted rather than flout Sharon and block the Tennenbaum deal.
5. Neither leader endorses strike action because to do so would flout competition rules.