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co-responsible

American  
[koh-ri-spahn-suh-buhl] / ˌkoʊ rɪˈspɑn sə bəl /

adjective

  1. collectively or jointly responsible.


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She said it was a "pioneering ruling" because her client was able to declare herself not as a "co-owner" of Panda but as "co-responsible" and as a "co-carer".

From BBC Oct. 27, 2021

“I hereby state,” he wrote, “that numerous members of the Polish nation are co-responsible for certain Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich.”

From The Guardian Feb. 2, 2018

“We explicitly dissociate ourselves from being named as a co-responsible institution in connection with such incidents,” the federation said.

From Reuters Dec. 5, 2017

"The international community is co-responsible for that weakness of Haitian institutions and the Haitian state," he said.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2010

In February 1955, when Malenkov was ousted as Premier, one of the charges against him in secret party councils was that he was "co-responsible for the Leningrad Case."

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