as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
the law-abiding citizens of the neighborhood did everything they could to help reduce street crime
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The resolution urges the administration to consider new safeguards for law-abiding immigrants who were previously protected by TPS.
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Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Instead, fear and misinformation won the day, leaving law-abiding residents at greater risk.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Loyalty to the leader, not the law Security force personalism happens when leaders reshape the country’s security forces by purging nonpartisan, law-abiding officers and promoting loyal officers who would never rise through the ranks on merit.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The case, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, is not aimed at influencing the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment nor at preventing law-abiding U.S. citizens from buying guns, says Jonathan Lowy, president and founder of Global Action on Gun Violence.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
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Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Instead, fear and misinformation won the day, leaving law-abiding residents at greater risk.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Loyalty to the leader, not the law Security force personalism happens when leaders reshape the country’s security forces by purging nonpartisan, law-abiding officers and promoting loyal officers who would never rise through the ranks on merit.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
The case, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, is not aimed at influencing the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment nor at preventing law-abiding U.S. citizens from buying guns, says Jonathan Lowy, president and founder of Global Action on Gun Violence.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
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