ride roughshod

idiom

: to completely ignore the rights, opinions, or feelings of others

They accused the government of riding roughshod over international law.

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For example, having a right to life does not entail a right to threaten another’s health or life, or ride roughshod over another’s life plans and goals. —Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation, 23 June 2022

Firstly, as a signal of intent to ride roughshod over all nuclear agreements, demonstrating its capability and resolve – domestically and internationally – to use nuclear weapons. —Marion Messmer, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023

Judge Polster also seems to ride roughshod over the classic tort doctrines of joint and several liability. —Michael I. Krauss, Forbes, 18 May 2022

But that doesn’t mean the U.S. and other countries should ride roughshod over international law and the U.S. Constitution to do so. —Paul B. Stephan, The Conversation, 3 May 2022

Paul Alexander, a Trump administration official who tried to ride roughshod over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had words for both the FDA and the CDC. —Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021

Many fiction films ride roughshod over their backgrounds. —Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2021

Relations appeared to become further strained Monday following reports that Britain's Conservative government was attempting to unilaterally ride roughshod over its divorce agreement with the EU that paved the way for the U.K.'s smooth departure earlier this year. —Fox News, 8 Sep. 2020

In the book, the most powerful figures are corporate entities such as Jungle and the shadowy conglomerate Paul, which rules everything on Mui: Although their leadership is invisible, their decisions ride roughshod over everyone else. —Madeline Leung Coleman, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2020

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