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To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
追究責任 /追究责任
(zhuījiū zérèn)
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Finnish:
saattaa vastuuseen
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Finnish:
vaatia tilille
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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German:
zur Rechenschaft ziehen
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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German:
zur Verantwortung ziehen
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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German:
Rechenschaft verlangen
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Hungarian:
számonkér
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Hungarian:
felelősségre von
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Polish:
rozliczać
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Polish:
rozliczyć
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Romanian:
trage la răspundere
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Spanish:
responsabilizar
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
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Spanish:
llamar a capítulo
— require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
