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flouted

verb as in show contempt for

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It has been flouted in recent years with the encouragement of Ben-Gvir.

From BBC

“The majority has broken with our precedent and flouted the Supreme Court’s guidance.”

This regulation, Ms Pike says, is increasingly being flouted, with Trading Standards officers seizing thousands of illegal products across the UK.

From BBC

In 2021, laws were introduced there to stop the resale of tickets above face value, but the BBC found this being flouted.

From BBC

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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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