How to pronounce liable:
Example: "He is apt to lose"
Example: "Liable to criminal charges"
Example: "Liable to diabetes"
Example: "Men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
Example: "1748. david hume. enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. london: oxford university press, 1973. § 34."
Subject; susceptible.
Example: "A man liable to heart disease."
Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
(as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.
Example: "Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk."