scofflaw

Betekenis (Engels)

One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).

Sinonieme

bagman

criminal

culpable

culprit

delinquent

felon

felonious

nefarious

offender

thug

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈskɔfˌlɔ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From scoff + law. Coined simultaneously by Mr Henry Irving Dale and Miss Kate L. Butler for a contest held in Boston in 1923 in which a word for "a lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor" was sought during the Prohibition era.