The phrase "flout for" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English, but it may be more commonly used in spoken language.
It means to openly disregard or violate a rule or convention for a specific purpose. Here is an example sentence: "He flouted the dress code for the company party, wearing a t-shirt and jeans instead of the required formal attire."
"Let me just say to the honourable gentleman, I know he's already done it, but occasions such as this are occasions for raising the issues of principle involved, not seeking to flout for whatever purpose," Bercow said.
Moments after Hemming had named Giggs, Bercow interrupted to tell the MP: "Let me just say to the honourable gentleman, I know he's already done it, but occasions such as this are occasions for raising the issues of principle involved, not seeking to flout for whatever purpose.
Grieve was clearly unimpressed: "It ill serves the parliamentary process if court orders are openly flouted for no good reason.
Mr. Fowler said his report to the council "offered a blueprint for change," and said: "Sanctions had been grievously flouted for nearly seven years.
(A number of coaches used player agents until the players union began enforcing a conflict-of-interest rule that had been flouted for years).
Everyone is aware of these fundamental truths, and no one is likely to complain when they are flouted for purposes of entertainment.
Although she has dug up information about things like the history of the colon, Truss is so uninterested in the actual rules of punctuation that she even names the ones she flouts — for example, the rule that semicolons cannot be used to set off dependent clauses.
While I agree with Crain on the fact that the rules of capitalization should not be randomly flouted for cute brand names, in this case, his example may be taken to project English grammar and punctuation rules on a language in which they do not apply in the same ways.
Tony La Russa is the coolly cerebral strategist, architect of the modern bullpen, never afraid to flout convention for an edge.
Women are forced to marry their rapists to salvage the reputation of their families, and some are killed by their families for flouting tradition, even for doing nothing more than going out at night with female friends.
Poor countries are not short of reasons of their own for flouting of WTO rules.
