unprosecutable

unprosecutable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English un-
English prosecute
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English prosecutable
English unprosecutable

    From un- + prosecutable.

    Adjective

    unprosecutable (not comparable)

    1. (law) Not able to be successfully prosecuted.
      Military prosecutors said al-Kahtani would be unprosecutable because of what was done to him during interrogation.
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