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INDICTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indictable mean?
• INDICTABLE (adjective)
The adjective INDICTABLE has 1 sense:
1. liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
Familiarity information: INDICTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
Synonyms:
chargeable; indictable
Context example:
an indictable offense
Similar:
guilty (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act)
Derivation:
indictability (the state of being liable to impeachment)
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