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arrestable

adj

Etymology

From arrest + -able.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻
  2. derived from ad-
  3. derived from *arrestō✻
  4. derived from areste
  5. inherited from arest
  6. suffixed as arrestable — “arrest + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).

    • A person who lies frequently may be cut of the same mental fabric as the arrestable criminal.

  2. For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody).

    • Playing music too loud isn't an arrestable offence.

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