flout
Example Sentences
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She urged parents and children to help the government monitor compliance and report companies that flout the law.
From Barron's
Some of the few ships that are traversing the Strait of Hormuz are part of the so-called shadow fleet of vessels flouting sanctions on oil.
Powerful nations are flouting international law, and somebody ought to stop them.
Powerful nations are flouting international law, and somebody ought to stop them.
Powerful nations are flouting international law, and somebody ought to stop them.
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