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imprisonable

imprisonable adjective: capable of being imprisoned.

Adjective

imprisonable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being imprisoned.
  2. Carrying a sentence of imprisonment.
    • an imprisonable offence
    Synonyms:
    prisonable

Synonyms of imprisonable

Origin of imprisonable

From imprison + -able.

Words formed from imprisonable

Questions about imprisonable

What does imprisonable mean?
Imprisonable means capable of being imprisoned.
What part of speech is imprisonable?
Imprisonable is an adjective.

Words near imprisonable in the dictionary

  1. imprintomes
  2. imprints
  3. imprints on
  4. imprison
  5. imprison'd
  6. imprisonable
  7. imprisoned
  8. imprisoner
  9. imprisoners
  10. imprisonest
  11. imprisoneth

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