sackable

British

/ ˈsækəbəl /

adjective

of or denoting an offence, infraction of rules, etc, that is sufficently serious to warrant dismissal from an employment

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sackable

Spending less than an hour during work browsing properties or shopping online is not a sackable offence, a UK judge has ruled.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025

Aston Villa boss Carla Ward said players and coaches being in relationships was "crossing that line" and should be a sackable offence.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024

In Britain, lying to Parliament is serious business — and a sackable offense.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2022

A sackable offence as a husband, in my opinion.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2011

And surely to God those criminally loud blazers he used to sport during the station's early days constituted a sackable offence, contravening as they must have done all manner of health and safety regulations.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2011

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