indictable
adjective
in·dict·able
in-ˈdī-tə-bəl 
1
: subject to being indicted : liable to indictment
2
: making one liable to indictment
an indictable offense
Examples of indictable in a Sentence
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He was acquitted on one charge of concealing an indictable offense.
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Angus Watson, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
But the ethical standard for federal judges is (thankfully) not everything short of indictable corruption.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Gonzalez has also been taken to task for failing to prosecute indictable offenses, including a murder case and a drug trafficking case.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
What’s more indictable: Fields’ poor statistics or the fact that the offensive coordinator called only 11 pass attempts?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
Never mind the fact that backing the party’s mercurial, irrational, and eminently indictable leader requires contorting oneself into all manner of ridiculous and humiliating poses.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
Even if the House committee reports no indictable offenses, other investigations and lawsuits involving him may well indict, convict, and/or bankrupt him.
—Jim Sleeper, The New Republic, 16 June 2022
What would normally be regarded as a technical violation (there are no rules defining such things), may in his or her small world assume the proportions of an indictable offense.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 13 Mar. 2022
Brian Houston, who was charged in Sydney in August with concealing a serious indictable offense, said he had already been told to step aside from all Hillsong boards.
—NBC News, 1 Feb. 2022
Angus Watson, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
But the ethical standard for federal judges is (thankfully) not everything short of indictable corruption.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Gonzalez has also been taken to task for failing to prosecute indictable offenses, including a murder case and a drug trafficking case.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
What’s more indictable: Fields’ poor statistics or the fact that the offensive coordinator called only 11 pass attempts?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
Never mind the fact that backing the party’s mercurial, irrational, and eminently indictable leader requires contorting oneself into all manner of ridiculous and humiliating poses.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
Even if the House committee reports no indictable offenses, other investigations and lawsuits involving him may well indict, convict, and/or bankrupt him.
—Jim Sleeper, The New Republic, 16 June 2022
What would normally be regarded as a technical violation (there are no rules defining such things), may in his or her small world assume the proportions of an indictable offense.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 13 Mar. 2022
Brian Houston, who was charged in Sydney in August with concealing a serious indictable offense, said he had already been told to step aside from all Hillsong boards.
—NBC News, 1 Feb. 2022
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First Known Use
circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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indictable
adjective
in·dict·able
in-ˈdī-tə-bəl
: making one liable to indictment
an indictable offense
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