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arrestable

arrestable adjective: capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).

Adjective

arrestable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).
    • A person who lies frequently may be cut of the same mental fabric as the arrestable criminal.2000, Samuel Yochelson, Stanton Samenow, The Criminal Personality: A Profile for Change, page 253
  2. For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody).
    • Playing music too loud isn't an arrestable offence.

Origin of arrestable

From arrest + -able.

Words formed from arrestable

Phrases with arrestable

Questions about arrestable

What does arrestable mean?
Arrestable means capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).
What part of speech is arrestable?
Arrestable is an adjective.

Words near arrestable in the dictionary

  1. arrest warrant
  2. arrest warrants
  3. arrest-me red
  4. arrest-me-red
  5. arrestability
  6. arrestable
  7. arrestable offence
  8. arrestable offences
  9. arrestance
  10. arrestances
  11. arrestant

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