policeable

English

Etymology

From police +‎ -able.

Adjective

policeable (comparative more policeable, superlative most policeable)

1. That can be policed.
   • 1990, Sophie Watson, Playing the state: Australian feminist interventions, page 33:

     This kind of theory would suggest that 'the state' is actually the hostage of popular agency, that it can afford to criminalize only that which is policeable; and that only unpopular illegalities are policeable.

Derived terms

• unpoliceable