scofflaw
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Noun — Someone who breaks the law and shows open contempt for it.
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Etymology
Formed from scoff and law. It was coined simultaneously by Mr Henry Irving Dale and Miss Kate L. Butler for a contest held in Boston in 1923, which sought a word for "a lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor" during the Prohibition era.
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