criminalizable

English

Etymology

criminalize +‎ -able

Adjective

criminalizable (comparative more criminalizable, superlative most criminalizable)

1. Capable of being criminalized.
   • 2011, Rowan Cruft, Matthew H. Kramer, Mark R. Reiff, Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility, page 16:

     Farmer highlights the fact that the reasons why causing offence is (or is not) deemed criminalizable are often historically specific, and follows Duff in counselling against attempts to ground criminalization in some 'master principle' […]