law-abiding

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ADJECTIVE
  1. (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs
    observant of the speed limit
    law-abiding citizens
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How To Use law-abiding In A Sentence

  • Our problem is we are the most law-abiding community, the pensioners - we weren't brought up to go mob-handed anywhere.
  • Was he genuinely not aware of the sort of law-abiding person you are? Times, Sunday Times
  • What about law-abiding citizens' human rights to be safe? The Sun
  • Then all these scruffy layabouts who had nothing better to do with their time than try to prevent law-abiding country folk from tearing foxes apart could be arrested and prosecuted.
  • Cyclists behaving like law-abiding citizens? Times, Sunday Times
  • I am a law-abiding person. The Sun
  • This must be the only case in history of the usual suspects being the most law-abiding citizens.
  • But what it is doing is totally alienating otherwise law-abiding citizens and turning them into criminals.
  • In addition, efforts were made to inculcate law-abiding attitudes and strengthen the unity of command principle.
  • So the introduction of random breath tests should not be a problem for the law-abiding majority. The Sun
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