sanctionable
Deserving official penalty
Sanctionable describes conduct or actions that can be penalized or subjected to sanctions.
In legal and regulatory contexts, sanctionable behavior violates rules warranting punishment: The attorney's misconduct was clearly sanctionable.
Less commonly, sanctionable can mean eligible for official approval, from the other sense of sanction meaning to authorize.
Deserving of blame
- liableLegally responsible for something
- blameworthyDeserving of censure
- indictableAble to be charged
- prosecutableAble to face legal action
actionable · impeachable · chargeable · censurable · accountable · answerable · convictable · offending
Not allowed
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- illicitProhibited by law
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
outlawed · interdicted · barred · impermissible · restricted · off-limits · contraband · unauthorized
Improper professional behavior
- infractionMinor rule breach
- ethics violationBreach of moral standards
- code of conductFormal behavioral guidelines
- professional standardsExpected conduct in occupations
conduct unbecoming · disciplinary action · disciplinary hearing · disciplinary committee · probation · suspension · expulsion · reprimand
culpable
Deserving of blame
- liableLegally responsible for something
- blameworthyDeserving of censure
- indictableAble to be charged
prosecutable · actionable · impeachable · chargeable · censurable · accountable · answerable · convictable · offending · infringing
forbidden
Not allowed
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- illicitProhibited by law
unlawful · outlawed · interdicted · barred · impermissible · restricted · off-limits · contraband · unauthorized · illegal
misconduct
Improper professional behavior
- infractionMinor rule breach
- ethics violationBreach of moral standards
- code of conductFormal behavioral guidelines
professional standards · conduct unbecoming · disciplinary action · disciplinary hearing · disciplinary committee · probation · suspension · expulsion · reprimand · censure
sanctionablepermissible
Sanctioned by authority
allowable · acceptable · permitted · authorized · allowed
sanctionableunpunishable
Immune to consequences
immune · exempt · protected · beyond reproach · untouchable
sanctionablecompliant
Yielding to others' wishes
lawful · legal · conforming · proper · by-the-book
sanction, sanctity, sanctum, sanctify, sanctions, sanctioned, sanctimonious, unsanctioned, sanctified