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disobey
to not obey a person, order, rule, or law:
• In the army, it is a crime to disobey a superior officer. • He had disobeyed the school rules.
break a law/rule
to not obey a law or rule:
• Anyone who breaks the law must expect to be punished.
defy
formal to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or law, or what someone in authority tells you to do:
• The police arrested the youth for defying a court order.
flout
formal to deliberately disobey a rule or law in a very public way:
• Timber companies are continuing to flout environmental laws.
violate
formal to disobey a law, or do something that is against an agreement or principle:
• Both countries have accused each other of violating the treaty. • Technically he had violated the law.
contravene
formal to be against a law, rule, or agreement, or to do something that is against a law, rule, or agreement:
• The British government’s actions contravened the European Convention on Human Rights.
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