law-abiding

English

Adjective

law-abiding(notcomparable)

1. Obeying the laws of society; not alawbreaker;without acriminal record.

   Thelaw-abidingcitizens have nothing to fear from government surveillance... unless the government begins to break the law.

   • 2017,David Walliams[pseudonym; David Edward Williams],Bad Dad,London:HarperCollins Children’s Books,→ISBN:

     “For any decent,law-abidingcitizen, 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!”

Translations

obeying the laws

• Arabic:please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thủ pháp(zh)(shǒufǎ de)

• Dutch:gezagsgetrouw(nl)
• Finnish:lainkuuliainen(fi)
• French:respectueux de la loim
• German:gesetzestreu(de),das Gesetz beachtend
• Greek:νομοταγής(el)(nomotagís)
• Hindi:please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian:törvénytisztelő(hu)
• Italian:rispettosodellalegge
• Polish:praworządny(pl)
• Portuguese:cumpridor da leim,obediente à lei
• Russian:законопослу́шный(ru)(zakonoposlúšnyj)
• Spanish:obedientedelaley,respetuosodelaley
• Swedish:laglydig(sv)
• Ukrainian:законослухня́ний(zakonosluxnjányj)