indictable
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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
Houston, 69, was the Sydney-based church’s senior global pastor when police charged him two years ago with concealing a serious indictable offense.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 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
It would have been indictable as a nuisance if a publisher had laid it down gratis at your door.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)