Effrontery
Effrontery , noun
[French effronterie, from effronté shameless, from Latin effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.]
Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery.