Invertext Online Technical Dictionary

flout

transitive verb  

hacer caso omiso

Definition 1

Mock, insult, express contempt for by word or act, ignore blithely.

Source: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary


Context: Most member states have flouted the bloc’s rules on budget deficits, but the Commission will look to start enforcing them once the recovery is on a more solid base.

Source: Financial Times 23/11/2009

Appears in the following subjects

Banking