scofflaw

Example Sentences

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During the Biden era, the agency received a multibillion-dollar budget boost to increase enforcement of tax payments by corporations and scofflaw taxpayers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Residents in the adjacent Riverwood Ranch, a gated, 37-home enclave, are fed up and are calling for a city crackdown on scofflaw visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

I think not being run over by a scofflaw on an e-scooter should qualify as minding my own business.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2023

But they also thrust Britain into a nasty web of legal disputes that risks making the country look like an international scofflaw.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

In all truth, these talented, hardworking, law-abiding, mature, adult people are far more disturbing to the peace and order of the current status quo than any scofflaw group of romantic teenage punk kids.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce