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Habitual rule-breaker putting food before Jude? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

scofflaw

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'jude?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'habitual rule-breaker putting food before' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'rule' could be 'law' (law is a kind of rule) and 'law' is found within the answer.
'food' could be 'scoff' (I've seen this before) and 'scoff' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for scofflaw that I've seen is " I defy order".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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