jailable

English

Alternative forms

• gaolable (rare)

Etymology

From jail +‎ -able.

Adjective

jailable (not comparable)

1. (of an offence) For which one may be jailed.
   • 2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine‎^[1]:

     Copyright laws – that is, “IP laws” – ban tamper­ing with DRM, making it a serious, jailable felony to provide others with tools to bypass DRM. From Section 1201 of the US Digital Millennium Copy­right Act to Canada’s Bill C-32 to Article 6 of the EU Copyright Directive, countries around the world have imposed indiscriminate bans on breaking DRM.