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What is "indictable"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
indictable
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an arrestable/indictable offence (=one that you can be arrested for or must go to court for)
▪ Indictable offences are tried by a jury in a Crown Court.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
offence
▪ This is an indictable offence which carries a two years' prison sentence.
▪ Ranganathan asserts that releasing a book without an index should be an indictable offence.
▪ Facts: convicted of robbery and possessing a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.
offences
▪ The unit costs used in assessing expenditure needs for indictable offences were reduced overall during the three year period.
▪ In 1989 they were charged with indictable offences relating to the escape.
▪ Therefore 83 percent of those found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences were male and 17 percent female.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Facts: convicted of robbery and possessing a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.
▪ In 1989 they were charged with indictable offences relating to the escape.
▪ It may well be that indoctrination in the techniques of terror to destroy the Government would be indictable under either statute.
▪ Ranganathan asserts that releasing a book without an index should be an indictable offence.
▪ That murder is indictable under our laws, just like that murder on the cruise ship, Achille Lauro.
▪ The unit costs used in assessing expenditure needs for indictable offences were reduced overall during the three year period.
▪ Therefore 83 percent of those found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences were male and 17 percent female.
▪ This is an indictable offence which carries a two years' prison sentence.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indictable

Indictable \In*dict"a*ble\, a. Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

Wiktionary
indictable

a. 1 Able to be indicted; chargeable. 2 Subjecting one to an indictment.

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WordNet
indictable

adj. liable to be accused, or cause for such liability; "the suspect was chargeable"; "an indictable offense" [syn: chargeable]

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Usage examples of "indictable".

Kendall wanted a quick resolution to all of the scandals, and hoped that Starr would announce that he had found no indictable offenses and then issue a detailed report.

The Stinkers never did anything indictable and they killed only in self-defense.

It says that if he was the first to have a go at Anna, he'd be guilty of an indictable offence that could get him up to twenty years in prison.

If we were to carry out such an order, we would be committing an indictable offence under Article One, of Starfleet's Uniform Code of Justice.