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
After looking at the rider’s ID, the deputy puts his gun away, says he’s with the sheriff’s office and then tells the rider that reckless driving is “an arrestable offense.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2017
The dead was arrestable: a law afterwards set aside, “for death dissolved all things.”
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
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