Scofflaw - one of the great words of all time
in municipal government.
The word - which combines scoff + law - was the
winning entry during a Prohibition era national contest to characterize a
person who drinks illegally.
It is now most commonly used to define a person
who flouts the law, esp. by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to
enforce effectively.
Scofflaw - hard to address, so please don't be
one. Your city government will thank you
for it.
