Army discipline would, it was assumed, turn the juvenile ruffian into a respectable citizen.

In between crimes he worked as a salesman and insurance agent, and could easily pass for a respectable citizen.

Where the soldier came from, the owners of vehicles like these are respectable citizens.

When a group of respectable citizens pays to do exactly the same thing, it's called coasteering.

Neither need nor greed, she says, can explain why respectable citizens do such things.