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Recent Examples of chargeable
Santos made the grave error of not just lying about his background to voters — which while unethical and unsavory is not a crime — but embezzling donor funds for personal expenses and lying to Congress, among other things, which are chargeable offenses that have now resulted in his conviction.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Your basic attacks include light and heavy strikes, chargeable special moves, a throw, and a jumping attack.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
Carbon-neutral approach A lower overvoltage results in a greater proportion of chargeable energy being effectively utilized during discharge.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Mar. 2025
So nearly 30 years after Bell’s death, Charlotte-Mecklenburg are changing his classification from a suspect in Cornett’s disappearance to a chargeable suspect in her murder.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Your basic attacks include light and heavy strikes, chargeable special moves, a throw, and a jumping attack.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
Carbon-neutral approach A lower overvoltage results in a greater proportion of chargeable energy being effectively utilized during discharge.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Mar. 2025
So nearly 30 years after Bell’s death, Charlotte-Mecklenburg are changing his classification from a suspect in Cornett’s disappearance to a chargeable suspect in her murder.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chargeable
Adjective
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The charge the adult break-in suspect faces, breaking and entering, is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Each of the counts is punishable by up to five years in prison in the event of a conviction.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Trump has already – and repeatedly – alleged Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is, like Noriega, not the head of state of his own country and therefore indictable.—
Alan McPherson,
The Conversation,
2 Nov. 2025
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Peel Regional Police arrested a 54-year-old Air Canada employee and charged him with a conspiracy to commit an indictable offense and theft over $5,000.—
Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik,
Quartz,
18 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Christina Leona Cowens, 41, was initially arrested last week on suspicion of felony grand theft, along with misdemeanor counts of unlawful disposal of human remains and attempting to conceal a death.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Several organizations have sued the administration, saying the cancellations were unlawful and that they are owed thousands of dollars in outstanding expenses.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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While the award could influence Parker to plead guilty, her loss in the civil suit won’t be admissible as evidence in the criminal proceeding.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The assassin is found guilty of shooting Garfield and is sentenced to death.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to the murder charge, Thompson faces charges of committing a terroristic act, aggravated assault, engaging in violent criminal group activity and endangering the welfare of a minor, according to the jail roster.—
Rafael Escalera Montoto,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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The discovery helped open the door to more recent developments such as tinkering with the genetic makeup of living things, treating disease by inserting genes into patients, identifying human remains and criminal suspects from DNA samples, and tracing family trees and ancient human ancestors.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.—
James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2017
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.—
Lisa Beebe,
Los Angeles Magazine,
5 July 2017
Adjective
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Critics lambasted those policies as impractical at best, reckless at worst.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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These reckless policies have deadly consequences.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Republicans must credibly promise to rein in irresponsible spending and smartly cut waste so that Americans see tangible relief.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Reddit commenters quickly rallied around her, calling her friend’s actions irresponsible.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Chargeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chargeable. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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