vicarious
B2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law adjective
Denoting liability imposed on one party for the wrongful acts of another, typically an employer for an employee.
The firm bore vicarious liability for the fraud committed by its salesman in the course of employment.
Business adjective
Denoting liability imposed on one party for the acts of another.
The company faced vicarious liability for the bribes paid by its overseas agents.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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