indictableadj.
/ɪnˈdʌɪtəb(ə)l/ 1. Liable to be indicted or accused of a crime.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted > capable of being charged or indicted
criminablec1500
impeachable1503
billable1579
indictable1706
prosecutable1742
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Indictable, that may be..indicted or prosecuted.
1709 Brit. Apollo 12–14 Jan. We stand Indictable of a Non-compliance.
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 310 The abbot..should not be indictable before any other person than the Emperor.
1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 18 Jan. 72 These gallant Knights..are, I think, fairly indictable for an attempt at fraud.
2. That renders one liable to an indictment; on account of which an indictment may be raised.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted > capable of being charged or indicted > that renders one
indictable1736
1736 R. Lucas Cases Law & Equity 336 Keeping of a Gaming-House, an Offence indictable at Common Law, as a Nusance.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) I. ii. 167 The reasons..extended equally to every indictable offence.
1860 R. W. Emerson Culture in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 117 The sufferers parade their miseries,..reveal their indictable crimes, that you may pity them.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 131 Even though the points had been proven, there was no indictable offence.
Derivatives
inˈdictably adv. so as to be indictable.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adverb]
indictably1859
1859 T. De Quincey Goethe (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay XIII. 194 If the novel be German, this is indictably indecent.
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