indictable

== English == === Etymology === From indict +‎ -able. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈdaɪtəbəl/ === Adjective === indictable (comparative more indictable, superlative most indictable) Subjecting one to an indictment. (of an act) Able or deserving to be indicted. (of a person) Synonym: chargeable 1973, Raoul Berger, Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Harvard University Press, Appendix B, p. 307,[6] In order to sustain his argument in the impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase, Luther Martin, his leading counsel, maintained that judges were indictable for violation of their official duties. ==== Derived terms ====