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law-abiding

[law-uh-bahy-ding] / ˈlɔ əˌbaɪ dɪŋ /










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Ghanaian officials have met the man in the video to offer him support and also urged citizens living abroad to continue being "law-abiding".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

It was “free money” for law-abiding, tax-paying U.S. citizens.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“Full participation in commerce and public life necessarily requires that law-abiding individuals can access, and freely participate in, our financial system,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Those laws are said “to provide an incentive for parents to carefully supervise kids and help them develop into mature, law-abiding adults.”

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

It was officially registered in Canada as the Consolidated Exporters Corporation, a bland name that made it sound like a law-abiding company.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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