adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a law-abiding citizen (= never breaking the law )
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Most of the people in this town are law-abiding citizens.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
citizen
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I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple.
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Those who suffered most, the committee revealed, were the law-abiding citizens .
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The majority of people in Oldham are law-abiding citizens .
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Eighth Uncle, you know as well as anyone that my brother and I have been honest, law-abiding citizens since childhood.
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Once upon a time we were all law-abiding citizens , and now we've got football hooligans.
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In future, all movie gays will be law-abiding citizens with healthy relationships, no repressive hang-ups, and a glitter-free wardrobe.
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Most law-abiding citizens obeyed it but not so the denizens of the slums, stinking alleys and runnels of Edinburgh.
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The five paramilitary officers from the Rathcoole district had each an unblemished record as a law-abiding citizen .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There is a tendency to look back at a time when people were more peaceful and law-abiding .
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These men are all decent, tax-paying, law-abiding people.