scofflaw

scofflaw
American 

[skawf-law, skof-]
/ ;sk;f;l;, ;sk;f- /
noun
a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.

a person who flouts rules, conventions, or accepted practices.

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scofflaw
British 
/ ;sk;fl;; /
noun
informal a person who habitually flouts or violates the law, esp one who fails to pay debts or answer summonses

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Etymology
Origin of scofflaw
First recorded in 1920–25; scoff 1 + law 1

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Employers pushing higher attendance can expect more scofflaws.

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He’s a Samaritan scofflaw, soldiering on inside an almost entirely vacated neighborhood next door to the Getty Villa.

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This means the scofflaw company can profitably expand while the complying company cannot, putting honest taxpayers at a competitive disadvantage.

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With the novelty’s popularity came a rise in partyers, teenage scofflaws and protesters wreaking Silly destruction.

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

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