prosecutableadj.

Brit.

/ˈprɒsᵻkjuːtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈprɑsəˌkjudəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prosecute v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < prosecute v. + -able suffix.

That may be prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted > capable of being charged or indicted

criminablec1500

impeachable1503

billable1579

indictable1706

prosecutable1742

1742 ‘Country Gentleman’ Seasonable Expostulations 16 I shall not examine it [sc. a paper] more particularly; if I am not mistaken, it is prosecutable at Law.

1817 Times 22 Dec. 2/5 Lord Ellenborough said, that every one of the parodies now alluded to were prosecutable in like manner as the present one.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. v. iv. 436 Cases prosecutable in the way of indictment.

1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains vii. 230 A claim not prosecutable in any court of law.

1922 Times 7 Feb. 7/5 Nobody was prosecutable for raising money for charity unless they did it in a manner prohibited by law.

1995 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 27/6 Police have warned that throwing eggs (as a [Halloween] ‘trick’) may be a prosecutable offence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prosecutable
释义	prosecutableadj. Brit. /ˈprɒsᵻkjuːtəbl/, U.S. /ˈprɑsəˌkjudəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prosecute v., -able suffix. Etymology: < prosecute v. + -able suffix. That may be prosecuted; liable to prosecution. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted > capable of being charged or indicted criminablec1500 impeachable1503 billable1579 indictable1706 prosecutable1742 1742 ‘Country Gentleman’ Seasonable Expostulations 16 I shall not examine it [sc. a paper] more particularly; if I am not mistaken, it is prosecutable at Law. 1817 Times 22 Dec. 2/5 Lord Ellenborough said, that every one of the parodies now alluded to were prosecutable in like manner as the present one. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. v. iv. 436 Cases prosecutable in the way of indictment. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains vii. 230 A claim not prosecutable in any court of law. 1922 Times 7 Feb. 7/5 Nobody was prosecutable for raising money for charity unless they did it in a manner prohibited by law. 1995 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 27/6 Police have warned that throwing eggs (as a [Halloween] ‘trick’) may be a prosecutable offence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1742
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