Indictable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈdaɪtəbəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Indictable is an adjective meaning Subjecting one to an indictment. (of an act).
Meaning
Subjecting one to an indictment. (of an act).
More Meanings
- Able or deserving to be indicted. (of a person)
Example Sentences
The Sherlock Holmes stories […] are not all murders, and some of them do not even deal with an indictable crime.
Stoppage of streets, by coaches standing at places of entertainment, &c. &c. are public nusances, and indictable.
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.
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;
Synonyms for indictable
Depending on context, synonyms include chargeable, guilty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include guilty, chargeable, penal, criminal, major, severe.
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