Sentence examples for is flouted from inspiring English sources
verb
To express contempt for the rules and law by (word or action).
Democratic accountability is flouted.
Yet despite clear legislation, the law is flouted in the UK on a daily basis.
The university has yet to decide what penalties might be incurred if the regulation is flouted.
When meaning is flouted by the powers that be, what's a poor semanticist to do?
They are illegal here, as elsewhere, but the law is flouted more often than in say Britain or America.
Far from discrediting liberalism, corruption is discredited by it.To defeat corruption is to enforce the distinction between private preference and public duty wherever it is flouted.
Samsung says Sharp is flouting the trade commission's order.
But Russia is flouting the Council of Europe's core principles.
Who does Mr. Ferris think he is, flouting the law for his own selfish convenience?
What the Pakistani government is doing is flouting their legal rights".
He is flouting all the campaign spending limits currently on the books.
