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liable

adjective as in answerable, responsible

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HM Treasury said the majority of UK spirits were exported and so not liable for UK alcohol duty.

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At any moment, Levesque seems liable to break out into “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”

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Recently introduced cybersecurity legislation in the U.K. would make companies in critical sectors including energy liable to be fined if they don’t prepare for attacks from hackers or state actors.

Calmac ferries in Scotland have warned that some services have been cancelled, while others are "liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice" due to "adverse weather".

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A civil jury in 1997 found Simpson liable for the deaths and ordered the former football star to pay the Brown and Goldman families more than $33 million.

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