"law-abiding" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "The law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from government surveillance... unless the government begins to break the law.",
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        "Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǒufǎ de",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "守法的"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "gezagsgetrouw"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "lainkuuliainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "respectueux de la loi"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "gesetzestreu"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "das Gesetz beachtend"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nomotagís",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "νομοταγής"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "törvénytisztelő"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "rispettoso della legge"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "praworządny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cumpridor da lei"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "obediente à lei"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zakonoposlúšnyj",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "законопослу́шный"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "obediente de la ley"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "respetuoso de la ley"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "laglydig"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zakonosluxnjányj",
          "sense": "obeying the laws",
          "word": "законослухня́ний"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "law-abiding"
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  "pos": "adj",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒufǎ de",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "守法的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "gezagsgetrouw"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "lainkuuliainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "respectueux de la loi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "gesetzestreu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "das Gesetz beachtend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nomotagís",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "νομοταγής"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "törvénytisztelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "rispettoso della legge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "praworządny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cumpridor da lei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "obediente à lei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakonoposlúšnyj",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "законопослу́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "obediente de la ley"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "respetuoso de la ley"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "laglydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zakonosluxnjányj",
      "sense": "obeying the laws",
      "word": "законослухня́ний"
    }
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  "word": "law-abiding"
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