"arrestable" meaning in English

See arrestable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: arrest + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|arrest|able}} arrest + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} arrestable (not comparable)
  1. (law enforcement) Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-arrestable-en-adj-jpOAfOGC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 64 36 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  2. (law) For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-arrestable-en-adj-iE8E~arX Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unarrestable

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