arrestable
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arrestable (not comparable)
- (law enforcement) Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).
- 2000, Samuel Yochelson, Stanton Samenow, The Criminal Personality: A Profile for Change, page 253:
- A person who lies frequently may be cut of the same mental fabric as the arrestable criminal.
- (law) For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody).
- Playing music too loud isn't an arrestable offence.