✅ Allowed officially ⚖️ Punishable

sanctionable

7.9

Can be punished under rules or law

adjective
/ˈsæŋkʃənəbl/

Formal

: sancionable

Certain financial transactions are deemed sanctionable when they violate established regulations.

Examples

So the standard for things that are frivolous or or kind of sanctionable, it's it's pretty high.
Engaging in activities that are sanctionable can lead to severe penalties under international law.
The committee determined that her actions were sanctionable and recommended disciplinary measures.

Synonyms

punishable

vssanctionable

Formal

3 4.2

Can lead to a fine or other legal penalty

has identical meaning but uses a different phrasing

punishable by law

vssanctionable

Formal

1 4.8

An act against the law that can lead to a fine or jail

is broader, including penalties under rules as well as law

forfeitable

vssanctionable

1 7.0

A thing that can be taken away as a punishment when someone breaks a rule

is about penalties in general, not only loss of property

fineable

vssanctionable

Formal

8.0

Required to pay money as a punishment

is broader, covering penalties other than only monetary ones

Antonyms

to exempt

Formal

30 4.1

To free someone officially from a rule or obligation

How Punishable

criminal

90 3.7

sanctionable

Formal

7.9

wrongful

Specialized

59 4.6

improper

100 4.1

lawful

Formal

82 2.9

Surface Forms

sanctionable positive

Morphology

sanctionable = sanction (transparent) = sanction + able

Formed by the verb 'sanction' + '-able', meaning 'subject to being penalized'; morphologically regular, though learners may confuse this sense with the approval sense of 'sanction'.

Etymology

The word sanctionable comes from the old root sanc-, meaning 'to make sacred' or 'fixed', the same root in sanctuary and saint. Over time a 'fixed' law also came to mean a rule that brings punishment, so something sanctionable can be punished under the rules.