arrestable
Britishadjective
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liable to be arrested
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(of an offence) such that an offender may be arrested without a warrant
Example Sentences
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“We aren’t saying that if there’s violent crime happening at a homeless encampment that that is not an arrestable offense,” Horvath said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
If Novak's efforts to maintain a satirical pretense are an arrestable offense, then satire is no longer protected speech.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022
“Scientists becoming more involved in activism, particularly when it involves arrestable offenses, increases the credibility of civil disobedience. As one of our members puts it: ‘They can’t just dismiss us as a bunch of hippies.’”
From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2022
Last week, two men pleaded guilty to offences linked to the incidents, while a woman was acquitted on a charge of withholding information concerning an arrestable offence.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021
And paiement was made onely of the goodes of the borower, the body was not arrestable.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard
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