law-abiding
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3.4
- adjective
- /lɔː əˈbaɪdɪŋ/
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respetuoso de la ley
- Laws are for law-abiding citizens.
- a law-abiding citizen
- law-abiding people
- a law-abiding adult
And I mean an armed law abiding citizen.
- And I mean an armed law abiding citizen.
- And yeah, he was law abiding, never even had a parking ticket.
- And that was like a moment for me of like, OK, that's what a law abiding citizen would do.
- But generally speaking, if you are a law abiding person who isn't a criminal yourself, you know you're not in a gang, not a hit man.
- And people who would consider themselves to be decent, law abiding people are going to vote for him.
- Where do you grew up and have it all began grew up in Brooklyn come from a completely normal law abiding family.
- Here's here's a a law abiding black man supposedly participating in the lynching of the other black man.
Examples
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I've been a law-abiding citizen my whole life.
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But I'm a law-abiding man.
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And yeah, he was law abiding, never even had a parking ticket.
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This is a law-abiding town.
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The police ought to be a law-abiding model for common people.
Fiction book (1996) -
And people who would consider themselves to be decent, law abiding people are going to vote for him.
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My experience, that is, as a property owner and a law-abiding citizen.
Fiction book (2000) -
Clearly, we share the State's interest in the law-abiding and self-sufficient qualities of our fellow citizens.
Academic text (1996) -
The end result was that residents of Gagarin were quiet, law-abiding, and suspicious.
Fiction book (2000) -
He has been a law-abiding citizen for over twenty years, always following the rules.
Synonyms
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4.8
Careful to follow laws, rules, and customs
Antonyms
How Law-Abiding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Law-abiding is made from law and abide, and abide as in the phrase 'abide by' means 'to follow' or 'to accept'. So a law-abiding person is someone who 'follows the law' and does not break it.