liable

About 8.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

   The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

2. adjective Subject; susceptible; prone.

   This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.

3. adjective Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.

   Electronic devices are liable to malfunction when exposed to extreme heat.

4. adjective Likely.

   Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

Similar words

responsible apt likely susceptible unresistant nonresistant nonimmune nonexempt responsibility accountable

Often followed by

to for in on under as if only at