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policeable

policeable adjective: that can be policed.

Adjective

policeable (comparative more policeable, superlative most policeable)

  1. That can be policed.
    • This kind of theory would suggest that 'the state' is actually the hostage of popular agency, that it can afford to criminalize only that which is policeable; and that only unpopular illegalities are policeable.1990, Sophie Watson, Playing the state: Australian feminist interventions, page 33

Forms of policeable

comparativemore policeable
superlativemost policeable

Origin of policeable

From police + -able.

Words formed from policeable

Questions about policeable

What does policeable mean?
Policeable means that can be policed.
What part of speech is policeable?
Policeable is an adjective.

Words near policeable in the dictionary

  1. police villages
  2. police violence
  3. police wagon
  4. police wagons
  5. police work
  6. policeable
  7. policeboat
  8. policeboats
  9. policed
  10. policed one's brass
  11. policed up

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