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Definition: Scofflaw |
ScofflawNoun1. One who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bad Man | Culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp; disorderly person, misdemeanant; outlaw; scofflaw; vandal; felon; convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man; multiple offender. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scofflaw | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scofflaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناقض قانون , قانون شکن (Lawbreaker, Outlaw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | offlawscay хронический нарушитель. (various references) ผู้เย้ยกฎหมาย. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "scofflaw": scofflaws. (additional references) | |
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"Scofflaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scafflaw, skofflaw, skoflaw. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-f-l-o-s-w" | |
-2 letters: offals, sclaff. | |
-3 letters: awols, caffs, calfs, calos, claws, coals, coffs, colas, cowls, flaws, flocs, flows, foals, focal, fowls, loafs, offal, scoff, scowl, waffs, wolfs. | |
-4 letters: alow, also, awls, awol, caff, calf, calo, caws, claw, coal, coff, cola, cols, cowl, cows, flaw, floc, flow, foal, fowl, lacs, laws, loaf, loca, lows, oafs, ocas, offs, owls, scow, slaw, slow, sofa, sola, waff, wolf. | |
-5 letters: aff, als, awl, caw, col, cos, cow, fas, lac, las, law, low, oaf, oca, off, owl, sac, sal, saw, sol, sow, was, wos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-f-l-o-s-w" | |
+1 letter: cowlstaff, scofflaws. | |
+2 letters: cowlstaffs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 6F 66 66 6C 61 77 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. --- ..-. ..-. .-.. .- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101111 01100110 01100110 01101100 01100001 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c o f f l a w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 006F 0066 0066 006C 0061 0077 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369817272786789 |
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