jailable

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adjective

For which one may be jailed.

Opposite
unjailable
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivejailable (not comparable)

alternative gaolable

  1. not comparableFor which one may be jailed.
    1 more example

    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.

    2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine
  2. not comparableAble to be jailed.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unjailable

Origin

From jail + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

jailable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailable

MLA

“jailable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jailable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jailable.

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