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arraignable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being arraigned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

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adj

Meaning 2

For which a person is liable to be arraigned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

Examples

  • 1881, T. W. Rolleston, letter dated 29 January, 1881, in Whitman and Rolleston: A Correspondence, Dublin: Browne and Nolan, 1952, p. 22, Their words may not have been arraignable by law, (though in many cases they were so) but they were such as their hearers could give but one interpretation to.

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History

Etymology

From arraign + -able.