prosecutable
Subject to charges
Prosecutable describes conduct or a person that can be charged with a crime and brought to trial.
A prosecutable offense meets the legal threshold for criminal charges.
Someone is prosecutable if authorities have sufficient grounds to pursue a case against them: The evidence made her prosecutable under federal law.
Able to be charged
- chargeableSubject to payment
- actionableAble to be acted upon
- triableSubject to court proceedings
- punishableWarranting official sanction
convictable · felony · misdemeanor · offense · infraction · malfeasance · criminality · wrongdoing
Legally responsible for something
- answerableLiable to account
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- blameworthyDeserving of censure
culpable · implicated · incriminated · suable · litigable · enforceable · remediable · actionable
Made into systematic rules
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- legislativeConcerning the creation of laws
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
compliance · jurisdictional · penal · tribunal · court · justiciable
indictable
Able to be charged
- chargeableSubject to payment
- actionableAble to be acted upon
- triableSubject to court proceedings
punishable · convictable · felony · misdemeanor · offense · infraction · malfeasance · criminality · wrongdoing · violation
liable
Legally responsible for something
- answerableLiable to account
- accountableObligated to explain oneself
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
blameworthy · culpable · implicated · incriminated · suable · litigable · enforceable · remediable · actionable · provable
codified
Made into systematic rules
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- legislativeConcerning the creation of laws
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
ordinance · compliance · jurisdictional · penal · tribunal · court · justiciable
prosecutableunchargeable
Cannot be billed
time-barred · immune · protected · exempt · shielded
prosecutableimmune
Protected from harm
protected · shielded · indemnified · pardoned · amnestied
prosecutablelawful
Permitted by statute
legal · permissible · legitimate · authorized · sanctioned
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