decent citizen

collocation in English

meaningsofdecentandcitizen

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decent
adjective
uk
/ˈdiː.sənt/us
/ˈdiː.sənt/
socially acceptable ...
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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 ofdecentandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdecent citizen

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How can anyone justify the treatment which this gentleman has received over the years to his satisfaction or that of any otherdecentcitizen?
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It is the difficulty of legislating so as to "do down the dirty dog" without making life impossibly difficult for the ordinary,decentcitizen.
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Every time that is done some perfectlydecentcitizenis deprived of a right which he might otherwise have.
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I believe that this action will stick in the gullet of everydecentcitizen.
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Sometimes, that hatred and lack of self-control lead to mental violence, and the law has been less good at protecting thedecentcitizenagainst that.
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I am sure this is the true desire of everydecentcitizen, irrespective of religion.
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But it is intended to represent the ordinary, prudent,decentcitizen.
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This is the reaction of anydecentcitizen.
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I believe that everydecentcitizenof this country accepted that, in those circumstances.
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It reminds me of the criminal who commits crime for a while and then stops it and becomes adecentcitizen.
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I would certainly claim that, as a class, she occupies a premier position as adecentcitizen.
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This is a matter which must shock the mind and conscience of anydecentcitizen.
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Do they deny that he ought to be treated as an ordinarydecentcitizenof the realm?
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I think those are the lines on which everydecentcitizenought to proceed in looking at this industry.
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It can occur in a perfectlydecentcitizenand is quite easily curable.
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I suggest that no ordinarydecentcitizenwould ask for payment as a condition of giving evidence.
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It seems that the prodigal son is obtaining rather a monopoly of sympathy in this country at the present moment, to the detriment of the ordinarydecentcitizen.
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I do not see why the directors of a public company should have any lower standard of obligations than those of a good,decentcitizentrading on his own.
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I am concerned about the ordinarydecentcitizenwho, by the very nature of the economy and his personal circumstances, has not much money to live on.
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It is an untrue and therefore a very unhappy thing that that should be the idea created in the mind of thedecentcitizenof this country.
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