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☆ scoff·law (skäf′lô′)

noun

Informal a habitual or flagrant violator of laws, esp. traffic or liquor laws

Etymology: scoff + law

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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