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Indictable

Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

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Guilty 84% connected

Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; --…

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Guilty 84% connected

Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; --…

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Chargeable 92% connected

That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abettor noun · 78% connection

One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.

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Absolve verb · 78% connection

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would…

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Allegory noun · 78% connection

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

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Answerable adjective · 78% connection

Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an…

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Bench warrant unknown · 78% connection

A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called…

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Charge verb · 78% connection

An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.

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Conclusion noun · 78% connection

The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc.

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Crime noun · 78% connection

Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offe…

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Delict noun · 78% connection

An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.

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Deprivable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.

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Disciplinable adjective · 78% connection

Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.

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Evasion noun · 78% connection

the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"

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Exception noun · 78% connection

An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.

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Exempt adjective · 78% connection

Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free;…

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Fallible adjective · 78% connection

Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.

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Finable adjective · 78% connection

Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense.

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Forfeit noun · 78% connection

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

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Fugitive adjective · 78% connection

Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and…

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