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Arrestable
(law enforcement) Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).
📖 Definitions of "Arrestable"
adjective
- 1
(law enforcement) Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).
- 2
For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody).
"Playing music too loud isn't an arrestable offence."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Arrestable"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| detainablenoun | Capable of being detained. |
| arraignable | (law) Capable of being arraigned. |
| imprisonablenoun | Capable of being imprisoned. |
| incarcerable | Suitable for incarceration; imprisonable. |
| arrestive | Tending to stop or slow a process. |
| impoundable | Capable of being impounded. |
| apprehendablenoun | That can be apprehended. |
| lockable | Capable of being locked. |
| seizable | Capable of being seized. |
| criminalizable | Capable of being criminalized. |
| convictablenoun | Capable of being convicted. |
| distrainable | (archaic) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. |
| releasable | Capable of, or suitable for, release. |
| takeablenoun | Capable of being taken. |
| castigable | Able or worthy to be punished. |
| constrainablenoun | Capable of being constrained. |
| kidnappable | Suitable for kidnapping. |
| padlockable | Capable of being padlocked. |
| adjudicablenoun | Capable of being adjudicated. |
| illaqueable | (obsolete, nonce word) Capable of being ensnared or entrapped. |
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