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jailable

jailable adjective: for which one may be jailed.

Adjective

jailable (not comparable)

  1. For which one may be jailed.
    • Copyright laws – that is, “IP laws” – ban tamper­ing with DRM, making it a serious, jailable felony to provide others with tools to bypass DRM. From Section 1201 of the US Digital Millennium Copy­right Act to Canada’s Bill C-32 to Article 6 of the EU Copyright Directive, countries around the world...2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine
  2. Able to be jailed.

Antonyms of jailable

Forms of jailable

alternative formgaolable

Origin of jailable

From jail + -able.

Words formed from jailable

Questions about jailable

What does jailable mean?
Jailable means for which one may be jailed.
What part of speech is jailable?
Jailable is an adjective.

Words near jailable in the dictionary

  1. jail sentences
  2. jail-bait
  3. jail-bird
  4. jail-birds
  5. jail-fever
  6. jailable
  7. Jailam
  8. jailbait
  9. jailbaits
  10. jailbird
  11. jailbirds

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