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civil

adjective as in civic, community

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More than 400,000 people heeded evacuation orders ahead of the storm, civil defence said.

From BBC

Three of Malcolm X's daughters filed a lawsuit against the FBI, CIA and New York Police Department on Friday, alleging that the three agencies took part in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader.

From Salon

“But when an officer acts in a manner that violates the civil rights of another person, we will respond to uphold the rule of law and maintain public trust in our system of justice.”

Several said they weren’t given a true picture by the Post Office executives they met with, or by civil servants.

From BBC

However, regulators, civil rights groups and users have criticized social media platforms, including X, for not doing enough to enforce their own rules.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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