law-abiding
- s (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs
law-abiding citizens
- Still, the police may have little choice in their efforts to weed out a growing number of terror suspects who have emerged from within law-abiding British Muslim communities.
- Says she: "The rights of law-abiding families in public housing are at least as important as the rights of criminals.
- There are a couple of ways law-abiding citizens can abandon children in Nebraska.