adjective
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charged or liable to be charged
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liable to result in a legal charge
Other Word Forms
- chargeability noun
- chargeableness noun
- chargeably adverb
- nonchargeable adjective
- unchargeable adjective
Etymology
Origin of chargeable
Example Sentences
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“She has no special immunity. Any witness who testifies falsely under oath is chargeable with perjury.”
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
“So under the theory of this case, potentially all those things might be chargeable as murder.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023
"This was obviously incorrect as the only gas coming into the building is for the plant room and the commercial kitchen, neither of which are service chargeable," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022
The chargeable Chillest keeps food and drinks cool from -4 to 68 degrees when placed in its 45-liter, dual-zone interior compartments — one that can be chilled for cold foods, the other for frozen items.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022
For some time indeed the work of French editors was chargeable with a certain lack of critical and philological accuracy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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