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Meanings of indictable in English

Liable to be accused, or cause for such liability.

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Having declared for the former alternative, He is chargeable with the consequences.
The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
2
But it is a native grit, and not chargeable upon the sugar-makers.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 / A Magazine...
3
We do not have any chargeable gains to offset this loss against.
The Irish Times
4
These faults, it is hoped, are not chargeable on the following pages.
The Friendships of Women
5
Not that Restoration levity and Restoration manners were chargeable to Miss Priscilla.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
Usage of indictable in English
1
During the last financial year, there were just 26 indictable appeals relating to Centrelink.
The Guardian
2
Rates of serious, indictable offences in most categories are dropping.
The Irish Times
3
It is plainly a nuisance, and ought to be indictable.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
4
Shielding a runaway convict is an indictable offence-tosay nothing of altering his appearance.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
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Do you know, Mr. Van de Lear, that what you are saying is indictable language?
Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
6
Unsolicited mail for direct marketing purposes will be treated as an indictable offence under the legislation.
The Irish Times
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We thus have five deaths and five attempts in Rennes, all of which could be indictable.
She Stands Accused
8
What had Hugo actually done that was indictable?
Living dead in dallas
9
The boycott is a conspiracy to injure another person, and as such indictable at common law.
Some Causes of the Prevailing Discontent
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He has bluish eyes and a whitish skin, and average-coloured hair-noneof them distinctly indictable possessions.
Certain Personal Matters
11
A more discreditable one, not absolutely indictable, we hope, has seldom issued from the American press.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 / A Magaz...
12
About the same time Lords Shaftesbury, Russell, and Westminster Hall, as indictable, being a Popish recusant.
Excellent Women
13
Getting caught carrying concealed illegally was considered unlawful possession of a firearm and was an indictable offense.
Three to get deadly and four to score
14
These also are indictable at common law.
The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section I, J, K, ...
15
His face is indictable at common law.
Elsie Venner
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Recent years have certainly seen steady increases in the annual number of indictable offences recorded by the gardaí.
The Irish Times
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