29 September 2016

scofflaw

[skawf-law, skof-]

noun

1. a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
2. a person who flouts rules, conventions, or accepted practices.

Origin of scofflaw

1920-1925; scoff1+ law1

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Example

– Following the Stamp Act upheavals, he tried to keep smugglers and other scofflaws from flouting Parliament’s authority.

– Its recent editorial critical of increasing fines on cellphone scofflaw motorists ignores the gains in safety on California’s roads.

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Today’s quote

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.

– Alexandra K. Trenfor

On this day

29 September – National Coffee Day

29 September 1547 – birth of Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, authored Don Quixote, a classic of Western literature and which is considered to be the first modern European novel. Cervantes is considered to be the greatest writer in the Spanish language and the world’s pre-eminent novelist. Died 22 April 1616.

29 September 1997 – death of Roy Lichtenstein, American pop artist. Born 27 October 1923.

29 September – World Heart Day.