innocent citizen
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinnocentandcitizen
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innocent
adjective
uk/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/us/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/
(of a person) not guilty of a ...
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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 ofinnocentandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is a deterrent to the violent criminal and a reassurance to theinnocentcitizen.
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I am talking about theinnocentcitizenwho is subjected to bugging in his house.
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But to imagine that this paragraph will be a protection for theinnocentcitizenagainst the ravages of civilian aircraft is utter nonsense.
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I refer to the implications for the rights of the individual,innocentcitizen.
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They could review something only if aninnocentcitizen, by some form of osmosis, came to the conclusion that the security services had acted.
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The protection of the citizen is primarily protection for theinnocentcitizenagainst unwarranted, wrongful and perhaps highhanded interference, and the common sanction is an action of damages.
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I ask whether such records, in respect of theinnocentcitizenwho has not been faulted by the stop and search, should not be destroyed after the relevant period.
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Systems have to have integrity because problems can be caused not only for aninnocentcitizenin one jurisdiction, but for people across a range of jurisdictions.
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However, the whole thing becomes a farce when innocent citizens, hunters and sports marksmen are, in effect, treated the same as criminals.
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These acts were intolerable for their blind violence and because they affected innocent citizens.
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At the price once again of innocent citizens because these events were in fact inevitable.
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It greatly exaggerates the situation and frightens many innocent citizens.
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All this does is to give power to irresponsible people to make the lives of respectable, innocent citizens impossible.
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They even took an interest in innocent citizens whom they may perchance have encountered.
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Of course, those innocent citizens will not be allowed to take a member of their family to a football match without that person being registered.
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Whether we are farmers or innocent citizens we are caught up in the need to abide by the law as it has unfolded.
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It is that the person collecting the vehicle may not be liable and innocent citizens might be put at risk.
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At the same time, it refuses to make provision for anything tangible in order to protect millions of innocent citizens and their rights.
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That is disgraceful and it totally undermines the rights of innocent citizens.
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It fails to ensnare the guilty, but it endangers the civil liberties of innocent citizens.
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