indictable

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Recent Examples of indictable 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 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 He had been convicted in January for a range of offenses including possession of a switchblade knife, being armed with a weapon with an intention to commit an indictable offense, stalking, intimidation, and damaging property, ABC reported. Mark Baker and Rod McGuirk, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024 He was acquitted on one charge of concealing an indictable offense. Angus Watson, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for indictable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indictable
Adjective
  • Under federal law, assisting or inducing someone to take their own life is punishable by one to five years in prison.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In Georgia, those misdemeanors are punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and up to a year in jail.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Among enhancements to training and improving mandatory reporting, the bill calls for making grooming a chargeable felony offense.
    Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • As for chargeable felonies, Hansen said that assault on police, a common crime at the anti-ICE protests that turn violent, should warrant felony-level charges under Minnesota law.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • All told, Mueller brought criminal charges against six of the president's associates, including his campaign chairman and first national security adviser.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The man accused of the attack, Lawrence Reed, had a lengthy criminal history.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In December, Ramirez sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee requesting an investigation into Noem’s potentially impeachable offenses.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Impeachment is a serious step that should be preceded by a thorough investigation of an impeachable offense.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Arguments about who can communicate with which audiences, whether science writers are irresponsible or scientists hopelessly opaque, continue.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This is just irresponsible madness.
    Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Theodore Cartner, 76, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after the Saturday evening incident.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The law must be strengthened further to ensure that, in the future, gross negligence, reckless storage of remains and even improper co-mingling of remains can be criminally charged from the onset, and carry real sentences with the potential for actual jail time.
    Vaughan Bagley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Heifler was charged with ferdeal counts of unlawful possession of a destructive devices and unlawful making of destructive devices, officials said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Stanford School of Medicine prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.
    James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
  • 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

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“Indictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indictable. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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