Usually means: Responsible by law; legally accountable.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word liable:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. liable: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. liable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. liable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. liable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. liable: Vocabulary.com
  6. Liable, liable: Wordnik
  7. liable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. liable: Wiktionary
  9. liable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. liable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. liable: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. liable: Dictionary.com
  13. liable: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. liable: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Liable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Liable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. liable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. liable: Rhymezone
  19. liable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. liable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. liable: Free Dictionary
  22. liable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. liable: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. liable: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. liable: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. liable: Legal dictionary
  7. liable: Financial dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. liable: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. liable: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Ethical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. liable: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. National Glass Association Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
adjective:  subject; susceptible.
adjective:  exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
adjective:  (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.

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