indictable

[ in-dahy-tuh-buh l ]

/ ɪnˈdaɪ tə bəl /

liable to being indicted, as a person.

making a person liable to indictment, as an offense.

Origin of indictable

First recorded in 1700–10; indict + -able

in·dict·a·bil·i·ty, noun in·dict·a·bly, adverb non·in·dict·a·ble, adjective un·in·dict·a·ble, adjective

If true, this would make him an indictable accomplice to the continuing state killings.

The Case for Prosecuting Libya's Muammar Gaddafi |Geoffrey Robertson |March 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
In 1856 the number of young persons committed for indictable offences was 14,000.

Social Transformations of the Victorian Age |T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
It is not an indictable offence to have no luggage, but if a referendum were taken from railway-porters, it would be.

When Ghost Meets Ghost |William Frend De Morgan
A cruel and unreasonable battery' on a slave by the master or hirer is not indictable.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 |Various

These courts can try any indictable offence presented by a grand jury for the district in which they sit.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 |Various
We thus have five deaths and five attempts in Rennes, all of which could be indictable.

She Stands Accused |Victor MacClure

indictable

/ (ɪnˈdaɪtəbəl) /

(of a person) liable to be indicted

(of a crime) that makes a person liable to be indicted

indictably, adverb