criminal liability
noun [U] LAWDefinition
› responsibility for any illegal behaviour that causes harm or damage to someone or something: He acknowledged damaging a house without authorization, but a jury acquitted him of any criminal liability. Families of some victims of the crash have launched a lawsuit against the railway owner, claiming criminal liability.
(Definition of criminal liability noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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