liable

adjective4

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

   • The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
2. •
   Subject; susceptible; prone.

   • This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.
   • A man liable to heart disease.
3. •
   Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.

   • Electronic devices are liable to malfunction when exposed to extreme heat.
4. •
   [after a verb] Likely.

   • Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.