Definitions

indictable

[in-dahy-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈdaɪ tə bəl /

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criminal adj.
culpable adj.

ADJECTIVE

criminal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

corrupt deplorable illegal illegitimate illicit scandalous senseless unlawful vicious

STRONG

bent heavy racket wildcat wrong

WEAK

caught crooked culpable dirty hung up iniquitous nefarious off base out of line peccant shady smoking gun unrighteous villainous wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

authorized blessed ethical good kind lawful legal legitimate moral noble proper pure right uncorrupt

WEAK

correct righteous

ADJECTIVE

culpable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

guilty impeachable liable reprehensible responsible

WEAK

amiss answerable at fault blamable blameful blameworthy caught caught in the act caught red-handed censurable demeritorious dirty found wanting hung up in the wrong off base out of line punishable sinful smoking gun to blame unholy wrong

Antonyms

STRONGEST

immune irresponsible

WEAK

blameless inculpable innocent not guilty right

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indictable

Under English and Welsh law, a citizen's arrest can only be used for an "indictable" offence - a serious crime tried at the Crown Court.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

“Can say as a prosecutor this would be an indictable case etc.”

From Reuters ● May 22, 2023

Wearing military garb after you've left the service isn't indictable, neither is using military slang, and neither is singlemindedness to the point of being blind to what you're really doing.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2022

The Australian police charged Mr. Houston in August 2021 with one count of concealing a serious indictable offense by his father, Frank Houston.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

He said this was a serious and important charge of publishing inflammatory and seditious libels, which was always an indictable offence.

From The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. Carefully Reported, and Compiled from the Written Statements of the Court and the Counsel. by Unknown

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