law-abiding

law-abiding (not comparable)

1. Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record.

   The law-abiding citizens 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-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!”