public scofflaw

Italian translation: fuorilegge

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English term or phrase:	public scofflaw
Italian translation:	fuorilegge
Entered by:	Pierfrancesco Proietti

13:06 May 6, 2021

English to Italian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: public scofflaw

Whether you were in the life, floating about crime-adjacent circles as a graffiti writer or other ***public scofflaw***, or just interested outsider looking for a vicarious thrill, the XXXXs sent a message: the people wearing them were up to no good.

Grazie a tutti

Pierfrancesco Proietti KudoZ activity Questions: 816 (none open) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 77 Italy
Local time: 13:07

fuorilegge

Explanation:
ovviamente il senso è ironico, come nel testo inglese: con "fuorilegge" vengono in mente i film western, è un termine che fa come "scofflaw" associato a graffitari & Co. - c'è dietro la strizzata d'occhio.

Anche in senso fig., di persona che nella vita morale, nella sua attività, negli studî, ecc. sia ribelle a ogni norma e consuetudine comunemente seguita.
https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/fuorilegge/

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Note added at 1 hr (2021-05-06 14:52:54 GMT)
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Dopo aver letto l'articolo, trovo che il senso non sia poi così ironico ("Wearing a pair of XXX meant that you either wrote graffiti or you were somehow involved in crime and the scene"). In ogni caso "fuorilegge" ci sta.

Selected response from:

AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 13:07

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

Teppista/Delinquente

Giada Atzeni

4 +1

malfattore

Go2translate

3 +1

ribelle alle regole sociali / stabilite

martini

anticonformista

Lisa Jane

fuorilegge

AdamiAkaPataflo

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Teppista/Delinquente

Explanation:
"Scofflaw" è una persona che non rispetta le regole e non se ne preoccupa.
A seconda della gravità, "teppista" potrebbe andare bene, ma anche "delinquente".

Un'altra alternativa potrebbe essere "pericolo pubblico", ma credo sia un po' esagerato.

Giada Atzeni
Italy
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Beh, pericolo (o anche minaccia) pubblico/a potrebbe essere inteso in senso ironico, dato che si sta parlando di sneaker con un appeal alquanto furfantesco/malandrino...

47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ribelle alle regole sociali / stabilite

Explanation:

Health groups had criticized Williams for his ***public scofflaw behavior**. Not letting the bad press deter him, he did it again during a concert the next day, saying that he had given up drugs and alcohol and that smoking was his only remaining vice.
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/12/16/Aussie-off...

martini
Italy
Local time: 13:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 447

1 hr confidence:

anticonformista

Explanation:
oppure più forte:

sovversivo

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 13:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 200

1 hr confidence:

fuorilegge

AdamiAkaPataflo
Germany
Local time: 13:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 252

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

malfattore

Explanation:
ho pensato che scofflaw e' un termine nato ai tempi del proibizionismo per indicare chi beveva illegalmente e rimanda ad altri tempi. Mi e' venuto in mente un termine alternativo che in italiano mi sembra altrettanto datato e te lo propongo.

https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/malfattore/

Go2translate
Italy
Local time: 13:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

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