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liable

/ˈlaɪ̯əbəl/

An illustration for liable

adjective

legally responsible for something

  • “Anyone who breaks this rule is liable to severe punishment.”Tatoeba
  • “We are liable to judge others by the clothes they wear.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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