policeable

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adjective

That can be policed.

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Meanings

adjectivepoliceable (comparative more policeable, superlative most policeable)

comparative more policeable · superlative most policeable

  1. That can be policed.

    This kind of theory would suggest that 'the state' is actually the hostage of popular agency, that it can afford to criminalize only that which is policeable; and that only unpopular illegalities are policeable.

    1990, Sophie Watson, Playing the state: Australian feminist interventions, page 33

Origin

From police + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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