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disobey
verb as in disregard rules; refuse to conform
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Last month, in a 62-page ruling, he found the city had “willfully disobeyed” that order — and had improperly reported its encampment reductions.
The judge said the city “flouted” its responsibility to provide the court with “accurate and comprehensive data” and disobeyed a court order dealing with its strategy for reducing homeless encampments.
In a recent column in the left of centre newspaper Haaretz, the retired general Amiram Levin said it was time for soldiers – starting with senior commanders - to think about disobeying orders.
And now he has expansive executive authority, an enabling Justice Department, a slumbering Congress, and judges whom he is disobeying.
She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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