scofflaw

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈskɔfˌlɔ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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.

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