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arrestable en · ADJ

Etymology

From arrest + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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. (not-comparable) For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody).
    • Playing music too loud isn't an arrestable offence.

Deriveds

unarrestable · arrestable offence · arrestability