hold (someone) responsible

idiom

: to blame

If the plan fails I will hold you responsible.

—often + for

He holds me responsible for the project's failure.

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And his work has drawn acolytes who would like to think so, too — including some of the very people in big tech whose work Mr. Haidt seems to hold responsible for the rising generation’s social ills. —Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024

The prosecution of both parents, and an uptick in other criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits tied to mass shootings, indicates attorneys are increasingly seeking to hold responsible people – and companies – who didn’t pull the trigger. —Celina Tebor, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024

Society often wants to hold someone responsible, said Dana Sussman, deputy executive director of Pregnancy Justice. —Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2023

Swan described the 2004 storm as the impetus for her desire to hold someone responsible for the situation Kivalina finds itself in. —Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022

And with dangerous extreme weather on the rise, more states and cities are looking for someone to hold responsible. —David Gelles, New York Times, 22 June 2023

Cox eventually brought state and federal suits to hold responsible those who had beaten him. —Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022

State and federal authorities in recent years have bolstered efforts to hold responsible careless campers, fireworks users and public lands target-shooters, seeking firefighting costs that can reach millions of dollars. —Keith Ridler, ajc, 28 Sep. 2022

Rajapaksa, 73, had refused to step aside for months even as public fury mounted against his family, whom many people hold responsible for the country’s economic ruin. —Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post, 13 July 2022