By-the-books

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of by-the-book. alt-of, alternative

    "The hostility Garrus nurtures for the ineffective Citadel Security Services (C-Sec) bureaucracy has an oedipal tinge since his father, Castis Vakarian, is an exemplary by-the-books C-Sec officer."

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