colorable
adjective
col·or·able
| \ ˈkə-lə-rə-bəl
, -lər-ə-, ˈkəl-rə-\
, -lər-ə-, ˈkəl-rə-\
Definition of colorable
1
: seemingly valid or genuine
a colorable claim in law
2
: intended to deceive : counterfeit
colorable and false pretenses
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Other Words from colorable
colorably
\ ˈkə-lə-rə-blē
, -lər-ə- , ˈkəl-rə- \
adverb
, -lər-ə- , ˈkəl-rə- \
adverb
Examples of colorable in a Sentence
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The inspector general’s job is to ensure that colorable allegations of misconduct against Justice Department officials (including FBI officials) are thoroughly examined, so that all of the relevant facts are uncovered. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "The DOJ Will Not Prosecute James Comey over Trump Memos," 3 Aug. 2019 The problem is easy to understand and start working on, and there is a clear measure of success: lowering the number of vertices in a non-four-colorable graph. — Evelyn Lamb, WIRED, "An Anti-Aging Pundit Solves a Decades-Old Math Problem," 30 Apr. 2018 Frum might have had a colorable case that journalism’s role in a free society is so important that the occasional falsehood, whatever its provenance, must be tolerated. — Varad Mehta, National Review, "A Faulty Restart," 15 Dec. 2017 One can make the colorable claim that credibility matters little in a movie in which Vin Diesel drives a flaming car backwards through the middle of a city and an orange Lamborghini is chased across a Russian ice floe by a submarine. — Sam Adams, Slate Magazine, "The Fate of the Furious," 13 Apr. 2017 The adverse events at Alere are enough to make a colorable claim for a MAC, certainly. — Steven Davidoff Solomon, New York Times, "In Abbott’s Bid to Halt Purchase of Alere, the MAC Makes a Comeback," 7 Dec. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'colorable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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