Legit
Legit adjective - Permitted by law.
Both words in one sentence
- It eventually is revealed that name based magic affinity is a legit thing in the setting (at least under the current rules of magic).
Source: Steven Ulysses Perhero -
In-setting this trope usually applies to retired shadowrunners gone legit or corps-born security personnel, who are too valuable to use as mooks.
Source: Tabletop Game / Shadowrun -
In Series 1, it was Boadie and Poot shooting Wallace; Series 2 had the murder of D'Angelo (just after his depressing, crab-barrel analysis of The Great Gatsby); Season 3 went gloriously big with Avon setting Stringer to be killed for wanting to go legit.
Source: Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Setting and Legit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/legit/setting
Legit & Setting. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/legit/setting>.
Setting or Legit. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/legit/setting.
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