law-abiding
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.45 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record.
Example Sentences
- "The law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from government surveillance... unless the government begins to break the law."
- "Most people take the imprint "Not Transferable" for granted when buying railway tickets, and are sufficiently law-abiding not to think of transferring a return half to a relation or friend."
- "In all smuggling places ghost stories abound. Can it be that they were invented to keep law-abiding folk behind closed doors at night, when the deeds were being done?"
- "“For any decent, law-abiding citizen, there is no honour in this. None at all. You are a bad man, Mr Goodie. And, worst of all, a bad dad. A very bad dad.” That hit Gilbert like a ton of bricks. He looked over to his son with tears in his eyes, as the judge announced the sentence. “Gilbert Goodie, I sentence you to ten years in prison!”"
Inflected Forms
more law-abiding (comparative)
most law-abiding (superlative)