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policeable

adj

Etymology

From police + -able.

  1. derived from πολιτεία
  2. derived from polītīa
  3. derived from police
  4. suffixed as policeable — “police + able”

Definitions

  1. That can be policed.

    • This kind of theory would suggest that 'the state' is actually the hostage of popular agency, that it can afford to criminalize only that which is policeable; and that only unpopular illegalities are policeable.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA