indictable
adj/ɪnˈdaɪtəbəl/
Etymology
From indict + -able.
Definitions
Subjecting one to an indictment. (of an act)
- Do not then charge men as too strict or precise, when they endeavour to abstain from idle thoughts and idle words, that they dare not give themselves that licence which others take, for these are indictable as well as great sins;
- Stoppage of streets, by coaches standing at places of entertainment, &c. &c. are public nusances, and indictable.
- In fact, ‘insult’ is hardly the word for what even I have heard you say; let me warn you, madam, that you have sailed pretty close to the wind already in the way of indictable slander.
Able or deserving to be indicted. (of a person)
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA