Employers flout the law, but it's the teachers and the taxpayers who pay the price.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is rare for the chief executive of a listed company to admit publicly to flouting the law.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Airlines continue to flout European laws over compensation for cancelled flights.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Definition of 'law'
law
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singular noun
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business agreements, and social relationships. You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
Definition of 'flout'
flout
(flaʊt)Explore 'flout' in the dictionary
verb
If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it.