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liable

adjective as in answerable, responsible

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Geragos’ lawyers moved to have the verdict tossed out, noting that jurors had not actually found him liable.

The platforms would have the same responsibility, Rahmani said, and although many of them take steps to monitor and report suspicious activity, not detecting or reporting it would not make them criminally liable.

President Lula insisted Brazil was strictly following the law in its research and if there were any oil spills then "Brazil would be liable and responsible and take care of any problem".

From BBC

Brazil's Supreme Court recent ruled that social media were directly liable for illegal content, including hate speech, and must immediately act to remove it and accounts proliferating it.

From BBC

Russia and Iran have both been named by French intelligence as countries liable to provoke dissension in France through "dirty tricks".

From BBC

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

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