flouted

Meaning

of Flout

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Examples

Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens. Shereen El Feki

The United States has already passed on as the world's economic leader. Having flouted Thomas Jefferson for too long, America has succumbed to public debt, the 'fore horse for oppression and despotism,' after which 'taxation will follow, and in its train wretchedness and oppression. Ilana Mercer

Modi government has not flouted any rule or regulation to help anyone. Gautam Adani

By the time President Obama took office, Guantánamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts. John O. Brennan

I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years. Karen Hughes

And for his own part, Wesley flouted many regulations of the Church of England concerning parish boundaries and who had authority to preach. citation This was seen as a social threat that disregarded institutions. Source: Internet