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Definition of "law-abiding" []

  • Adhering to the law. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "law-abiding" in a sentence
  • "People of this type, who are otherwise law-abiding and patriotic and well-intentioned, protect bootleggers and otherwise violate the Volstead Act with the same faith in the justice of their actions that a group of Middle Western Americans would have in evading a law that prohibited them from planting corn . . ."
  • "Everybody I have spoken to about this, law-abiding people every one, thinks it is outrageous."
  • "What people want the police to do is pretty simple: hinder the criminals, and help the law-abiding."