Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Liable to be arrested or apprehended.
  • In Scots law, attachable; subject to seizure at the suit of a creditor of the owner, by a process in the nature of attachment or garnishment: applied to property, funds, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of, or suitable for, being arrested (taken into police custody).
  • adjective For which one can be arrested (taken into police custody).

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

arrest +‎ -able

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