be+liable+to

  • 61liable to something — likely to suffer from something unpleasant Many parts of the country are liable to flooding …

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  • 62liable —    Legally responsible for a debt, an accident, an unfulfilled obligation (under a contract) or a crime. A person found liable for an act or omission usually must pay damages or, if the act was a criminal one, face punishment. See liability …

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  • 63liable — predic.adj. 1 legally bound. 2 (foll. by to) subject to (a tax or penalty). 3 (foll. by to + infin.) under an obligation. 4 (foll. by to) exposed or open to (something undesirable). 5 disp. (foll. by to + infin.) apt, likely (it is liable to… …

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  • 64legally liable — Liable under law as interpreted by courts. Beck v. Kansas City Public Service Co., Mo. App., 48 S.W.2d 213, 215. Liability imposed by law or liability which law fixes by contract. Home Ins. Co. of New York v. Moore & Rawls, 151 Miss. 189, 117 So …

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  • 65legally liable — Liable under law as interpreted by courts. Beck v. Kansas City Public Service Co., Mo. App., 48 S.W.2d 213, 215. Liability imposed by law or liability which law fixes by contract. Home Ins. Co. of New York v. Moore & Rawls, 151 Miss. 189, 117 So …

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  • 66liable — Synonyms and related words: accountable, actionable, amenable, answerable, answerable for, apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, blameworthy, bound, chargeable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, fair, foreseeable, given, hopeful, in the cards,… …

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  • 67liable to — Synonyms and related words: answerable for, apt to, calculated to, capable of, dependent on, disposed to, exposed to, given to, in danger of, incident to, inclined to, likely to, minded to, naked to, obliged to, open to, predisposed to, prone to …

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  • 68liable — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Responsible] Syn. answerable, subject, accountable; see responsible 1 . 2. [Likely] Syn. likely, subject, apt, inclined; see likely 4 . See Synonym Study at likely . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. responsible… …

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  • 69liable — li·a·ble || laɪəbl adj. under legal obligation; responsible; likely, prone; susceptible, subject to …

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  • 70liable to — likely to , probable that …

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