adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an arrestable/indictable offence (= one that you can be arrested for or must go to court for )
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Indictable offences are tried by a jury in a Crown Court.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
offence
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This is an indictable offence which carries a two years' prison sentence.
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Ranganathan asserts that releasing a book without an index should be an indictable offence .
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Facts: convicted of robbery and possessing a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence .
offences
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The unit costs used in assessing expenditure needs for indictable offences were reduced overall during the three year period.
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In 1989 they were charged with indictable offences relating to the escape.
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Therefore 83 percent of those found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences were male and 17 percent female.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Facts: convicted of robbery and possessing a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.
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In 1989 they were charged with indictable offences relating to the escape.
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It may well be that indoctrination in the techniques of terror to destroy the Government would be indictable under either statute.
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Ranganathan asserts that releasing a book without an index should be an indictable offence.
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That murder is indictable under our laws, just like that murder on the cruise ship, Achille Lauro.
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The unit costs used in assessing expenditure needs for indictable offences were reduced overall during the three year period.
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Therefore 83 percent of those found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences were male and 17 percent female.
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This is an indictable offence which carries a two years' prison sentence.