sanction
noun
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
sanctionable
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a word derived from
sanction.
Example Sentences
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It said it didn’t knowingly permit sanctionable activity, that the identified entities were ultimately removed from Binance’s platform and that it managed the risk appropriately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“Bottom line on all of this stuff is that it’s so bad from a legal perspective that some of it comes close to being sanctionable by the court,” Bowman said.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2023
In a filing dated Thursday, Google said that "allegations of sanctionable misconduct are baseless" and a misreading of a small number of slides used to train employees.
From Reuters ● Mar. 24, 2022
But a spokesman for Mr Abramovich, who has previously denied having close financial ties with the Russian president or the Kremlin, and who is now selling the football club, said he had done nothing sanctionable.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2022
“We’ve said that we will sanction any sanctionable behavior, and we mean it,” Pompeo said in a speech at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando during which he announced the measures.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2019
