legitimate means

collocation in English

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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mean
noun[S]
uk
/miːn/us
/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandmeanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What more can we say about legitimate means to ensure survival?
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Both the natural lottery and the direct payment rules, therefore, are legitimate means of compensating risk impositions.
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Why do psychologists believe that the study of reactions in imagined situations is a legitimate means of studying real decision behavior?
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Criminality becomes attractive when expectations of being able to fulfill goals (therefore achieving success) by legitimate means can not be fulfilled.
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While this was a constitutionally legitimate means of gaining nomination to compete for the presidency, it was the first time it had been tried successfully.
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Paragraph 20 makes it clear that legitimate means did not include renewed rebellion.
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I was willing that they should combine and grow as big and wealthy as they could, but only by legitimate means.
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They are all occupiers, and we must fight them by any legitimate means.
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Internet campaigning was also formally legalised as a legitimate means of political campaigning.
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That is because a winding up petition is not a legitimate means of seeking to enforce payment of a debt which is bona fide disputed.
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Thus, engaging in the commercial world is a legitimate means to achieving a livelihood, but individuals should participate in modern society as little as possible.
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Of course, motivation can be lowered when legitimate means are available for offenders to achieve their goals.
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Strain theory holds that crime is caused by the difficulty those in poverty have in achieving socially valued goals by legitimate means.
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Retreatists reject the society's goals and the legitimate means to achieve them.
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We favor trade expansion by every peaceful and legitimate means.
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Our intention was always to bring to public attention the plight of a group which lacks any of the legitimate means of blackmailing governments.
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Internet campaigning was also formally legalized as a legitimate means of political campaigning.
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The conclusion of the court of inquiry was that their activities were legitimate and all military hardware found were obtained through legitimate means.
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Properties in the name of the spouse and unmarried children of such public official may be taken into consideration, when their acquisition through legitimate means can not be satisfactorily shown.
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This began to change in the early 19th century, when the tracheotomy finally began to be recognized as a legitimate means of treating severe airway obstruction.
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