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law-abiding Definition

law·-abiding (ə bīd′iŋ)

adjective

obeying the law

law-abiding Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • citizen: He is a law-abiding citizen who has never been in trouble with the police.
  • motorist: These people are a scourge for law-abiding motorists who fork out hundreds of pounds each year for cover.
  • majority: The time has come to remember the rights of the law-abiding majority.
  • cyclist: Motorists, too, should support law-abiding cyclists: every cyclist is potentially one less car in a traffic jam.
  • folk: In contrast, tutors at adult education classes have learned not to expect masterpieces from law-abiding folk retired on comfortable pensions.
  • driver: What they fail to understand is that law-abiding drivers no longer trust the police.

Modifying Another Word

  • otherwise: Meanwhile, magistrates are locking up otherwise law-abiding sellers of cannabis for seven years.
  • perfectly: Some very worrying conflicts could arise for perfectly law-abiding, fair-minded employers.
  • normally: The added cruelty of the law is just another jab in the already bleeding side of normally law-abiding people.
  • generally: The generally law-abiding motorist feels like a hunted animal.
  • so: Clive didn't bank on Des being so law-abiding.
  • relatively: As a result, many New York neighborhoods went from relatively law-abiding to pretty lawless in a decade.