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Indictable

//ɪnˈdaɪtəbəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    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;"

  2. 2
    Able or deserving to be indicted. (of a person)

    "[…] for Lords, Judges, and Justices of all sorts may, and too often do transgress the laws, as other men, and so of equals or Superiours, become subject to the justice of their associats in Commission […] being transfigured from Superiour Judges of the Law, to Inferiour Trespassers against it, Indictable by their Peers,"

Adjective
  1. 1
    liable to be accused, or cause for such liability wordnet

Etymology

From indict + -able.

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