prosecutable

Able to be prosecuted.

Adjective

  1. Able to be prosecuted.
    • a prosecutable offence

Origin

Etymology tree English prosecute Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English prosecutable From prosecute + -able.

Forms

more prosecutable most prosecutable

Derived

nonprosecutable unprosecutable