Definition of "liable" []

• Legally obligated; responsible: liable for military service. See Synonyms at responsible. (adjective)
• At risk of or subject to experiencing or suffering something unpleasant. Used with to: liable to criminal charges; liable to diabetes. (adjective)
• Likely. Often used with reference to an unfavorable outcome: In a depression banks are liable to fail. (adjective)

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• "\ "Arianna argued that although Beck may not be legally liable, he is \" morally liable\ "for the violence and anger his show may provoke."
• "Ryan also recommended the increase in Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. guarantees that's now an agreed item, and introduced the proposal to suspend mark-to-market accounting rules, which he describes as liable to throw banks into "a death spiral" because no market now exists for their assets."
• "You are liable from the squeeze of the trigger to the final resting point of that projectile/projectiles and hope nobody slips and falls on it."