The word
"flout" means to openly ignore or disobey a rule, law, or social norm.
Full definition
As the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party insisted on going ahead with its National Convention on Wednesday, a Abuja High Court on Tuesday said anybody
who flouts order of the court would be made to face the music.
Available in smaller sizes to wear as a midi ring
for flout convention, or larger sizes as a main feature.
Rauschenberg, by contrast, was interested in
flouting rules and establishing freedoms, in making the art world a more open place.
«Let's not forget that the existing ban on such text and images on infant formula labels is routinely
flouted by companies in many Member States, with images such as shields, polar bears and unauthorised health claims appearing.
Although not included in the Lower East Side gallery's physical space, the black - and - white photograph sets an immediate tone of
flouting convention.
UK: Tesco denies breaking competition law Tesco, the UK supermarket giant, has denied an allegation that it
deliberately flouted competition law with Christmas drinks offers.
Many of these services go head - to - head with Zenefits (zenefits), the company Conrad started in 2013 and resigned from last year after problems surfaced over the
company flouting of state insurance regulations.
But real estate experts say it is often
flouted with little to no consequences.
His claim has exposed the way in which the Health Act is
routinely flouted at HMP Wymott, although what he described in his submissions to the court will be familiar to anyone who has first - hand experience of prison life, including members of staff and prisoners smoking on landings and workplaces.
NYC's most notorious landlord
openly flouted rent regulation laws, according to a new lawsuit that makes an urgent plea for a state regulator to protect tenants.
The tribunal at The Hague has no enforcement mechanism, but Beijing may fear a blow to its global reputation if it is seen as
flouting international law.
So when Emily describes cutting as a substitute for creative journaling and as a means to feel «almost human,» Bohjalian's
not flouting conventions of YA lit; instead, he's locating his story in an established pattern of others.
One problem though, I can't get
coconut flout where I live, and it drives me crazy because I want to make al your pancake recipes!
Perhaps nothing illustrates the art market's laissez - faire spirit better than the way galleries
flout New York City's «truth in pricing» law.
But it won't actually stop ISPs
from flouting net neutrality principles.
Alongside failing to treat this child as looked after, it also
flouted court judgements and was already paying many its foster carers less than the minimum set by government.
The failure over the years to systematically and consistently enforce sanctions against individuals who
flout established laws during elections has encouraged the impunity and violence that often characterize electoral contest in Nigeria, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has said.
FED UP with
people flouting Brazil's environmental laws, the government's green watchdog Ibama has begun a campaign to persuade people to take them seriously.
Clayton went on to condemn the promoters, attorneys and other related professionals who
flout federal securities laws by putting the form of their offerings over the substance of what they really are: investments, stating, «We should regulate [ICOs] like we regulate securities offerings.
Accepting his first IMF package in 1991, Mubarak had established a neoliberal order
which flouted several international economic rights conventions on unionisation, child labour, gendered wage discrimination, and migrant labour.
«My state (Adamawa) chapter of the party sent a letter to them, recommending from the North - East, but they are hell - bent
on flouting the constitution of the party.
There is no record of the evaluation committee recommending that the contract should be awarded to Buck Press and that the Chairperson
flouted such recommendation.
Metascientists
also flout another common norm: that «good» scientists shy away from the limelight.
Speaking off the record, as has become the norm when Amazon is involved, one senior figure said: «Everyone is talking about reaching a horrible place on terms, and I think there's increased frustration from publishers concerning data and their listing of multiple editions,
often flouting territoriality.
Rules governing client confidentiality are routinely
flouted when solicitors» practices are sold, a specialist law firm claimed as it called on regulators to beef up enforcement of breaches.
The Original Score race can be one of Oscar's most befuddling, most confounding, with its inexhaustible supply of rules and requirements, some followed to baffling tees and
others flouted with brutal ease.
They are
flouting sanctions by hacking bitcoin South Korean bitcoin exchanges, in addition to mining the digital currency.
WASHINGTON, May 2 - President Donald Trump has again asked a U.S. court to dismiss a suit accusing him of
flouting constitutional safeguards against corruption by refusing to separate himself from his business empire while in office, claiming «absolute immunity.»
In response to characterizations that Bird is acting like Uber, which has been infamous for
flouting local ordinances, Baer said that while Uber was «clearly in violation» of local laws, Bird wasn't.
For months, he has been on a mea culpa tour to mend fences with legislators around the world for how Uber often barreled into markets
while flouting local laws.
Nicky Morgan's decision to allow a controversial grammar school expansion on a site nine miles away has again been questioned after new claims the
school flouted consultation guidelines.
He was also worried that the way people drive tainted V8 vehicles without being checked at police barriers and
flagrantly flouting traffic rules, should inform the public that «we don't need a prophet to even come and prophesy to us that we are compromising our security».
They include a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft -
flouted election laws.
Whilst this would not stop those who
intentionally flout the rules, it would raise awareness and make it harder to plead ignorance.
A Conservative MP has been censured by the House of Commons speaker for
brazenly flouting Parliamentary rules.
Young people taught us dramatically by
public flouting of false, conventional values.
Baby Milk Action calls on Nestlé's new Dame to stop
flouting national and international marketing requirements for baby foods.
On Sunday, the Lib Dem delegates
flouted party history and voted in favour of building more nuclear...
The core of Ms. Sugarman's accusations was that Mr. de Blasio and his allies
flouted limits on the donations to individual Democratic State Senate candidates by funneling money into county Democratic committees, which enjoy much looser spending rules.
The disturbing footage, taken at local markets in Kohima and Dimapur, show that the laws are being
blatantly flouted with dogs packed in sacks with just their heads poking out, their mouth either stitched closed or bound tight with rope to keep them quiet, which is done to illegally smuggle them into Nagaland from neighbouring states.
Perhaps it's time for women to
flout tradition in the face of this possibly game - changing scientific evidence, and give their men the gift of dark chocolate instead.
And having read through it, I found it (if unintentionally so) being exactly the kind of thing that is touted and
flouted all over the place by folks who figure they have their fire insurance and a great small group where they get together, watch British movies, eat cookies, gossip, and for two or three minutes a week talk about Jesus — usually by asking for prayer requests.