"on one's head" meaning in English

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          "text": "cleopatra [vehemently] He has shed the blood of my servant Ftatateeta. On your head be it as upon his, Cæsar, if you hold him free of it.",
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          "word": "lelke rajta"
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          "text": "[M]y father is a man / Outlawed and exiled, under ban; / The price of blood is on his head, […]",
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          "text": "[\"T]here wasn't a man around there but had a price on his head and didn't dare show himself in the settlements,\" […]",
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          "ref": "1989 December 25, Larry Rohter, “Fighting in Panama; Noriega Seeks Asylum at Vatican Embassy”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The Bush Administration had made the capture of General Noriega a principal objective, putting a $1 million bounty on his head.",
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          "ref": "2007 December 13, “Demon dacoit resurrected, sent back to underworld”, in Daily Times, Pakistan:",
          "text": "There was a Rs 2.5 million reward on his head.",
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