defy an order

We must watch over each other and not defy orders.

"What about the example you gave them earlier in the evening by defying my orders?"

Robinson defied the state's order to close her school and continued operations.

He also promised to jail anyone who defied his order, including the Governor.

The company successfully defied a judge's order to produce the figures.

But it would also defy natural order in New York.

He defied orders for more than a year to withdraw, and lost 300,000 troops.

The police say Gonzalez defied orders to put the gun down.

Anyone who defies my order will die by my hand.

It also claimed there was no evidence to support the official account that he had defied orders.