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What does liable mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word liable? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
  2. subject; susceptible.
  3. exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
  4. (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.
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You can't afford to be so oblivious, she'd scold, or you're liable to waltz right into trouble.
Should he show sloth in anything, he shall be liable to grave responsibility as the neglector of the state's weal.
If he fails to do so, he is held liable, whereas in an action for negligence the legal burden in most cases remains throughout on the plaintiff.
Abstract nouns are all liable to be hijacked and twisted, by people of all political ideas.
Canadian law recognizes exceptional situations where an officer or director can be held liable.
If so, he also may be liable for state and local income taxes, which combined amount to a rate of 10.44 per cent.

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