indictable

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It's too obvious, too vulgar, and—- more to the point—- too indictable.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2023

“Can say as a prosecutor this would be an indictable case etc.”

From Reuters • May 22, 2023

"For so long as this is treated as a potentially indictable offence, reporters, doing important work, will be looking over their shoulders."

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2022

His lawyer told the court Houston would be pleading not guilty to the charge of concealing a serious indictable offense of another person, his late preacher father Frank Houston.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2021

At the same time, in 1850, when the Fugitive Slave Law was passed, in nearly all of the Western States, there was a law by which the virtues of pity and hospitality became indictable offences.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green