imprisonableadj.
/ɪmˈprɪz(ə)nəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of or liable to imprisonment.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adjective] > relating to imprisonment and reformation
opena1538
imprisonablea1642
penitentiary1779
custodial1907
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 133 I am of opinion that a person is both Fineable and Imprisonable.
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 533 He said he would prove a free man imprisonable upon command or pleasure, without cause expressed, to be absolutely in worse case then a villain.
2. Of an offence, etc.: for which a person can be imprisoned.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adjective] > punishable by imprisonment
penitentiary1827
imprisonable1971
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > types of crime generally > types of offence according to punishment
penalc1443
capital?1531
purgeable1644
transportable1769
statutable1782
unclergyable1817
non-clergyable1826
extraditable1887
sanctionable1927
imprisonable1971
1971 Daily Tel. 31 July 11/2 Before a court recommends deportation of a Commonwealth citizen who has been convicted of an imprisonable offence, the offender must be given at least seven days clear notice.
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