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scofflaw Definition

scofflaw Bedeutung

scofflaw one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
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Scofflaw is a noun coined during the Prohibition era to mean a person who drinks illegally. It is a compound of the words scoff and law. Its original meaning was someone who mocks or ridicules the law, but has extended to mean one who flouts any law, especially those difficult to enforce, and particularly traffic laws.