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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"Not bothering to avert a crisis is a sackable offence in any other work place," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

Emolument says bankers are told not to discuss their pay - "often a sackable offence" - and this leads to a "high level of paranoia".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2016

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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