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bafouer

to mock, to trample on (rights/dignity)

verb bah-FWEH Rare

Usage Note

Bafouer implies publicly humiliating someone or contemptuously disregarding something valued, such as rules or dignity. It is stronger than se moquer and carries a sense of deliberate disrespect. Often used with abstract objects: bafouer les droits de quelqu'un (to trample on someone's rights).

Examples

"Il a bafoué toutes les règles."

Natural Translation

He flouted all the rules.

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