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View synonyms for indictable

indictable

[ in-dahy-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. liable to being indicted, as a person.
  2. making a person liable to indictment, as an offense.


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Other Words From

  • in·dicta·bili·ty noun
  • in·dicta·bly adverb
  • nonin·dicta·ble adjective
  • unin·dicta·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of indictable1

First recorded in 1700–10; indict + -able

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Example Sentences

If true, this would make him an indictable accomplice to the continuing state killings.

The German university had seemed a failure, but the German high school was something very near an indictable nuisance.

Provoking a man to send a challenge is also an indictable offence.

We thus have five deaths and five attempts in Rennes, all of which could be indictable.

Vulgar comments made in public upon works of art are now an indictable offence.

All criminal suits for indictable offenses were to be dropped, but civil suits were to take their course.

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