respectable citizen
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrespectableandcitizen
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respectable
adjective
uk/rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/us/rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/
considered to be socially acceptable because of your good character, appearance, ...
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citizen
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/us/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən/
a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town ...
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(Definition ofrespectableandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He is arespectablecitizenbut his name reached his local newspaper, which published it.
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One can see the dismay of a perfectlyrespectablecitizenwho has been summoned to do his public service on a jury.
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I do not deny that he is an honest andrespectablecitizen.
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We want to know where the responsibility for placing this heedless indignity and inconvenience upon arespectablecitizenrests?
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She is a perfectlyrespectablecitizen.
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A passport is nothing in the world but a verified portrait of a certain individual, with an official statement that he is arespectablecitizenof his country of origin.
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It only intimidated the ordinary,respectablecitizen.
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But that does not mean that there is unwillingness on the part of any decent,respectablecitizento take a share and to bear his proper responsibility.
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In between crimes he worked as a salesman and insurance agent, and could easily pass for arespectablecitizen.
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He has become arespectablecitizenwith a new girlfriend who does not know anything about the shady business he has left behind.
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Some of them had had bad luck and had become "bad hats" and some of them had bad luck and were still respectable citizens.
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I hope that we shall be able to bring them up to be more respectable citizens in due course.
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That has left a very unpleasant taste in the mouths of many respectable citizens.
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It is intolerable in a civilised society that there should be no-go areas for respectable citizens.
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It is welcomed by all respectable citizens who live in the country.
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But an increase in the number of offenders does not lower the standards of honesty in the eyes of all reasonable and respectable citizens.
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He points out that a significant proportion of those who commit serious motoring offences are not respectable citizens.
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Today, overt drug dealing takes place outside that pub, in such a way that respectable citizens will not patronise it any more.
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They are responsible and respectable citizens but under this order they are being regarded as completely irresponsible and unable to look after their own budgeting.
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