Meaning & use
prosecutable
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Capable of being subjected to legal prosecution.
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The lawyer explained that the fraud was clearly prosecutable under current statutes.
Investigators needed more evidence before the case became prosecutable.
A note on using this word
Combines "prosecute" with the suffix "-able"; used mainly in legal contexts to describe offenses that can lead to formal charges.
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