indictable
Example Sentences
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Under English and Welsh law, a citizen's arrest can only be used for an "indictable" offence - a serious crime tried at the Crown Court.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025
But Whitaker appeared to adopt the state’s arguments that the new act actually creates stronger defenses for discretion than an older section of state law, which requires a district attorney “to prosecute all indictable offenses.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023
“Can say as a prosecutor this would be an indictable case etc.”
From Reuters • May 22, 2023
Wearing military garb after you've left the service isn't indictable, neither is using military slang, and neither is singlemindedness to the point of being blind to what you're really doing.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022
The aim is that no one shall be indictable in the camp of the enemy as a "Confederate" except on his own confession.
From England by Fox, Frank, Sir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
