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chargeable

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charge·a·ble  (chärj-bl)
adj.
1. Suitable to be charged, as to an account: chargeable expenses.
2. Liable to be accused or indicted.
chargea·ble·ness n.
chargeable
Adjective
1. liable to be taxed or charged
2. liable to result in a legal charge
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.chargeable - liable to be accused, or cause for such liability; "the suspect was chargeable"; "an indictable offense"
indictable
guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"
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His discourses on indifferent subjects will divert as well as instruct, and if either in these, or in the relation of Father Lobo, any argument shall appear unconvincing, or description obscure, they are defects incident to all mankind, which, however, are not too rashly to be imputed to the authors, being sometimes, perhaps, more justly chargeable on the translator.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
Not that she questioned, for a moment, the kind wishes and intentions of her daughter; but she affirmed that so long as God spared her health and strength, she would make use of them to earn her own livelihood, and be chargeable to no one; whether her dependence would be felt as a burden or not.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
These unjustifiable practices on their part produced severity on the part of the Spaniards toward the subjects of Great Britain which were not more justifiable, because they exceeded the bounds of a just retaliation and were chargeable with inhumanity and cruelty.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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