liable
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- s at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
she is liable to forget - s subject to legal action
liable to criminal charges - s (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
liable to diabetes - s held legally responsible
men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service
- The SEC's internal investigation of its failure to catch Bernard Madoff finds incompetence and human frailty, but is that enough to make the SEC liable?.
- The FTC means to hold endorsers liable for false pitches If advertising had existed two millenniums ago, Caesar would surely have endorsed chariots, Cleopatra barges and.
- Mario Tama Getty But while the report hammers the SEC for repeated instances of incompetence, it stops well short of declaring the SEC liable.