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Term: Imprisonable

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense:

1. Capable of being imprisoned.

Usage:

1. The suspect's actions were considered imprisonable offenses.
2. The judge ruled that the defendant's behavior was not imprisonable.

Sense:

2. Deserving or likely to be imprisoned.

Usage:

1. The prosecutor presented evidence to prove that the accused was imprisonable.
2. The criminal's repeated offenses made him highly imprisonable.

Sense:

3. Subject to imprisonment as determined by law.

Usage:

1. Violating the terms of his probation made him imprisonable under state law.
2. The new legislation aims to increase the number of imprisonable offenses.

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