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Definition of scofflaw in English: scofflawnoun ˈskɒflɔːˈskɔflɔ North American informal A person who flouts the law, especially by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively. 〈北美，非正式〉藐视法律者（尤指不能遵守难以有效实施的法律） scofflaws who have accumulated large debts in unpaid parking tickets Example sentencesExamples - In fact last year the IRS had about $447 million in uncollected revenue mostly because there are fewer IRS workers and a lack of funding to go after scofflaws.
- Critics countered that expanded testing efforts are crucial and that fewer air-polluting scofflaws will be busted if emission levels are measured less frequently.
- Their location is not meant to prevent scofflaws from racing though a red light, but rather to catch and fine offending motorists - and that's outrageous.
- The tax bill has tucked in it, and noticed by virtually no one, a measure that would kill the Mayor's proposal to install cameras to catch red-light scofflaws at the city's most dangerous intersections.
- Among those who are guilty of an offense against good taste, he is a scofflaw tormented by felons and scoundrels.
- So: whether being a scofflaw entitles one to favorable or unfavorable news coverage depends entirely on the law being scoffed at.
- Young people want the right to dance to grinding rhythms all night long while their parents fear it will turn them into degenerate scofflaws.
- The Federal Trade Commission worries that a national Do Not Spam list would actually make the problem worse; scofflaws would only use it to harvest pre-validated addresses.
- How is it going to enforce its will on a persistent scofflaw?
- Over the years, the Raiders gained a deserved reputation as the brigands of the NFL, signing rebels and scofflaws no other franchise would dare accept.
- That so many music downloaders in the surveys are not concerned with matters of copyright does not mean that they are criminals, or even scofflaws, or that they do not understand copyright law.
- That all politicians are fiendish scofflaws is a given, as is their role as lackeys greasing the money chutes of big business.
- Such scofflaws and moochers faced boycott and ostracism.
- Proponents say exam scofflaws are part of the price of annual testing, which shows parents how well a school is really doing, and dismiss the notion that accountability itself is the problem.
- Of course, the best researchers are flagrant scofflaws about disciplinary boundaries, but most of the rest of us scoff them at our peril.
- Following the Stamp Act upheavals, he tried to keep smugglers and other scofflaws from flouting Parliament's authority.
- In other words, figuratively and literally, they stop short of an interior that is like the Asian exterior where Felipe and his Mexican friend could take off their uniforms and play wildly without being scofflaws or enemies.
- Another story today contradicts the theory that these scofflaws are a bunch of ne'er-do-well capitalists, or at least most of them.
- When faced with mass desertion, regiments often lacked the personnel to pursue the scofflaws, and soldiers could count on the sympathy of civilians willing to give them jobs rather than report them.
- The tax on chemical feedstocks imposes costs on the highly progressive and environmentally responsible corporation just as surely as it imposes costs on the corporate scofflaw.
Synonyms rogue, rascal, scoundrel, good-for-nothing, villain, wretch, unprincipled person, rake, profligate, degenerate, debauchee, libertine
Definition of scofflaw in US English: scofflawnounˈskôflôˈskɔflɔ North American informal A person who flouts the law, especially by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively. 〈北美，非正式〉藐视法律者（尤指不能遵守难以有效实施的法律） scofflaws who have accumulated large debts in unpaid parking tickets Example sentencesExamples - The tax bill has tucked in it, and noticed by virtually no one, a measure that would kill the Mayor's proposal to install cameras to catch red-light scofflaws at the city's most dangerous intersections.
- How is it going to enforce its will on a persistent scofflaw?
- When faced with mass desertion, regiments often lacked the personnel to pursue the scofflaws, and soldiers could count on the sympathy of civilians willing to give them jobs rather than report them.
- Young people want the right to dance to grinding rhythms all night long while their parents fear it will turn them into degenerate scofflaws.
- So: whether being a scofflaw entitles one to favorable or unfavorable news coverage depends entirely on the law being scoffed at.
- The Federal Trade Commission worries that a national Do Not Spam list would actually make the problem worse; scofflaws would only use it to harvest pre-validated addresses.
- Another story today contradicts the theory that these scofflaws are a bunch of ne'er-do-well capitalists, or at least most of them.
- Among those who are guilty of an offense against good taste, he is a scofflaw tormented by felons and scoundrels.
- That so many music downloaders in the surveys are not concerned with matters of copyright does not mean that they are criminals, or even scofflaws, or that they do not understand copyright law.
- In other words, figuratively and literally, they stop short of an interior that is like the Asian exterior where Felipe and his Mexican friend could take off their uniforms and play wildly without being scofflaws or enemies.
- Over the years, the Raiders gained a deserved reputation as the brigands of the NFL, signing rebels and scofflaws no other franchise would dare accept.
- The tax on chemical feedstocks imposes costs on the highly progressive and environmentally responsible corporation just as surely as it imposes costs on the corporate scofflaw.
- In fact last year the IRS had about $447 million in uncollected revenue mostly because there are fewer IRS workers and a lack of funding to go after scofflaws.
- Following the Stamp Act upheavals, he tried to keep smugglers and other scofflaws from flouting Parliament's authority.
- Of course, the best researchers are flagrant scofflaws about disciplinary boundaries, but most of the rest of us scoff them at our peril.
- Proponents say exam scofflaws are part of the price of annual testing, which shows parents how well a school is really doing, and dismiss the notion that accountability itself is the problem.
- Their location is not meant to prevent scofflaws from racing though a red light, but rather to catch and fine offending motorists - and that's outrageous.
- That all politicians are fiendish scofflaws is a given, as is their role as lackeys greasing the money chutes of big business.
- Such scofflaws and moochers faced boycott and ostracism.
- Critics countered that expanded testing efforts are crucial and that fewer air-polluting scofflaws will be busted if emission levels are measured less frequently.
Synonyms rogue, rascal, scoundrel, good-for-nothing, villain, wretch, unprincipled person, rake, profligate, degenerate, debauchee, libertine
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