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jeopardy

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jeop·ard·y  (jpr-d)
n. pl. jeop·ard·ies
1. Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger.
2. Law A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.

[Middle English juperti, from Old French jeu parti, even game, uncertainty : jeu, game (from Latin iocus, joke, game; see yek- in Indo-European roots) + parti, past participle of partir, to divide (from Latin partre, from pars, part-, part; see part).]

jeopardy [ˈdʒɛpədɪ]
n (usually preceded by in)
1. danger of injury, loss, death, etc.; risk; peril; hazard his health was in jeopardy
2. (Law) Law danger of being convicted and punished for a criminal offence See also double jeopardy
[from Old French jeu parti, literally: divided game, hence uncertain issue, from jeu game, from Latin jocus joke, game + partir to divide, from Latin partīrī]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jeopardyjeopardy - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
danger - a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
health hazard - hazard to the health of those exposed to it
moral hazard - (economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance); "insurance companies are exposed to a moral hazard if the insured party is not honest"
occupational hazard - any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury
sword of Damocles - a constant and imminent peril; "the possibility hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles"

jeopardy
noun danger, risk, peril, vulnerability, venture, exposure, liability, hazard, insecurity, pitfall, precariousness, endangerment A series of setbacks have put the whole project in jeopardy.
Translations
jeopardy [ˈdʒepədɪ] Nriesgo m, peligro m
to be in jeopardyestar en peligro
to put sth in jeopardyponer algo en peligro

jeopardy [ˈdʒɛpərdi] n
to be in jeopardy → être en péril
to put sth in jeopardy → compromettre qch

jeopardy
nGefahr f; in jeopardyin Gefahr, gefährdet; to put somebody/something in jeopardyjdn/etw gefährden or in Gefahr bringen; to be in jeopardy of life and limbin Lebensgefahr schweben or sein

jeopardy [ˈdʒɛpədɪ] n in jeopardya rischio, in pericolo
to place or put in jeopardy → mettere a repentaglio or in pericolo
jeopardy [ˈdʒɛpədɪ] n in jeopardya rischio, in pericolo
to place or put in jeopardy → mettere a repentaglio or in pericolo

jeopardy
n jeopardy [ˈdʒepədi]
danger. gevaar خَطَر опасност nebezpečí fare die Gefahr κίνδυνος riesgo, peligro hädaoht خطر vaara danger בְּסַכָנָה जोखिम opasnost, rizik kockázat, veszély bahaya hætta pericolo 危険 위험 pavojus, rizika briesmas; risks bahaya gevaar fare, risiko niebezpieczeństwo perigo pericol опасность, риск nebezpečenstvo nevarnost opasnost fara การเสี่ยงอันตราย tehlike 危險 небезпека, ризик خطرہ nguy hiểm
v jeopardize, ˈjeopardise
to put in danger Bad spelling could jeopardize your chances of passing the exam. in gevaar stel, staan die gevaar يُعَرِّض للخَطَر излагам на риск ohrozit bringe i fare gefährden θέτω σε κίνδυνο hacer peligrar ohustama به خطر انداختن vaarantaa compromettre לְסַכֵּן जोखिम या खतरे में डालना ugroziti kockáztat, veszélyeztet membahayakan stofna í hættu compromettere 危険にさらす 위태롭게 하다 statyti į pavojų pakļaut briesmām/riskam membahayakan in gevaar brengen bringe i fare, sette spill narazić na szwank pôr em risco a pune în pericol ставить под угрозу ohroziť spraviti v nevarnost ugroziti äventyra, riskera ทำให้เป็นอันตราย tehlikeye atmak/sokmak 危及使受危險 наражати на небезпеку, ризикувати خطرے میں ڈالنا làm cho nguy hiểm 使


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An Assassin is not in jeopardy when tried in California.
His greatest admirer could not have cordially justified his bringing his harpoon into breakfast with him, and using it there without ceremony; reaching over the table with it, to the imminent jeopardy of many heads, and grappling the beefsteaks towards him.
They who promote the idea of substituting a number of distinct confederacies in the room of the plan of the convention, seem clearly to foresee that the rejection of it would put the continuance of the Union in the utmost jeopardy.
 
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