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answerable

adjective as in responsible

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"It's like a shadow army within the army which is only answerable to the president and his son. Its rise and influence is causing resentment among senior generals," one military source told the BBC.

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It also meant that Buckingham Palace stopped being answerable for his behaviour.

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The commissioner would be in charge of ensuring standards of care for victims and would answerable to parliament.

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Breyer left no stone unturned in detailing the president’s lawless deployment of troops and his plan to turn the military into a national police force answerable only to him.

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So, at Alpine, for example, he would ultimately be answerable to Renault's board.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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