Main entry: risk, danger, peril
Definition: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Usage: he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime; there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
Main entry: hazard, jeopardy, risk, peril, endangerment
Definition: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Usage: drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Definition: a state of danger involving risk
Main entry: expose, endanger, scupper, peril, queer
Definition: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Main entry: menace, jeopardise, jeopardize, imperil, peril, threaten, endanger
Definition: pose a threat to; present a danger to
Usage: The pollution is endangering the crops