In a dictatorship laughing can be an indictable offense.
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Indictable
/ɪnˈdaɪtəbəl/
Synonyms for "indictable" (26 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
formal charge
Related words (13)
impeachableimplicatedimputableinculpatedinvolvedopen to criticismpeccantreprehensiblereproachablereprovableto blame
Adjective(2 words)
prosecutableserious offense
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3 entriescriminal law termjurisdictional categorylegal term
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4 entriesCollocations
5 entriescommon law indictable offenseindictable crimeindictable offencesindictable offenseserious indictable offense
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2 entriesmore indictablemost indictable
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1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
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;
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Stoppage of streets, by coaches standing at places of entertainment, &c. &c. are public nusances, and indictable.
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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.
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