Sentence examples for flouted to from inspiring English sources

"Visa need not sit idly by the wayside while its rules are flouted, to consumers' detriment and to the detriment of the trust and reputation of the Visa network," he wrote in a note.

While it hasn't been flouted to the degree that previous, lesser accords were, both sides have continued to engage in small battles, as have tinier militias and armed groups.

Both sides are extraordinarily willing to flout respectability to show that they are tough enough to bare the knuckles.

Brazil's world-beating soya farmers have flouted contracts to sell beans to trading companies when they could fetch better prices elsewhere.

Hardheaded policy makers have to have the courage to flout conventional morality — to borrow even when the country is sick of borrowing.

Bel likes to flout theatrical codes to reveal that process.

He said the flotilla was seeking to flout the blockade, not to bring aid to Gaza.

When laws are widely flouted they cease to be laws and instead become instruments to punish certain members of society.

That should have been flouting, meaning to scoff at or show disregard for.

On this note, are the persistent complaints about hunt-law flouting going to be (finally) addressed in parliament this week?

An "abortion bus" flouted the law to tour Ireland distributing medication.