n. One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).
n. An iconoclast.
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n. one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
Word Usage
"Yes, a scofflaw is a lawbreaker, and that's a bad thing to be, but the word doesn't really make you detest scofflaws, which is what the person seeking the word wanted."