FLOUT
- To flout something, such as a law or rule, is to treat it with contemptuous disregard. A teenager flouting a curfew, for example, will not hide the fact that they are out past the time they are required to be home.
- to treat with contemptuous disregard scorn.
- to treat with contempt [v FLOUTED, FLOUTING, FLOUTS]
- to treat with or show scorn; scoff (at)