imprisonable
Warrants possible confinement
Imprisonable describes an offense serious enough to warrant jail time: Theft over a certain value becomes an imprisonable offense.
The word appears almost exclusively in legal contexts, distinguishing crimes that can result in incarceration from those punishable only by fines or other penalties.
Serious criminal offense
- indictableAble to be charged
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- chargeableSubject to payment
prosecutable · actionable · punishable · triable · arrestable · extraditable · convictable · culpable
Basic unit of life
- detentionTemporary official holding
- lockupTemporary detention facility
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- cageBarred confinement structure
internment · captivity · dungeon · penitentiary · correctional · jail · remand · custody
Intentional criminal trickery
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- kidnappingUnlawful seizure of person
manslaughter · murder · robbery · theft · trafficking · treason · assault · extortion
Firmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
term · consecutive · concurrent · suspended · commutation · clemency · appeal · retrial
felony
Serious criminal offense
- indictableAble to be charged
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
chargeable · prosecutable · actionable · punishable · triable · arrestable · extraditable · convictable · culpable · illicit
cell
Basic unit of life
cage · internment · captivity · dungeon · penitentiary · correctional · jail · remand · custody · confinement
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
kidnapping · manslaughter · murder · robbery · theft · trafficking · treason · assault · extortion · forgery
conviction
Firmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- verdictOfficial court decision
judgment · term · consecutive · concurrent · suspended · commutation · clemency · appeal · retrial · guidelines
imprisonablenon-custodial
Without legal guardianship
ticketable · finable · civil · decriminalized · fineable
prison, prisoner, imprison, imprisoned, imprisonment, incarcerate, imprisoning, incarceration, imprisons