endangerment

noun

as in risk
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil I didn't think I would be subject to any endangerment if I simply dangled my legs over the rock ledge

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Recent Examples of endangerment Butch was charged with criminal mischief, arson and reckless endangerment. — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 Each endangerment charge is punishable by five to 15 years in prison. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Spitzer charged the boy’s mother with multiple felonies including involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, accessory after the fact to a crime and several misdemeanors tied to providing the bike to her son and lying to police. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The three Sharon Hill police officers involved in the shooting, Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and were sentenced to five years of probation. — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 They were arraigned on felony reckless endangerment, burglary and other charges, according to the Associated Press. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 In NyKayla’s case, prosecutors could only reach a meaningful sentence by charging the gun’s owner with reckless endangerment after a child was already dead. — Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 Another system examines conversations for early signs of potential child endangerment. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Since January, the OCDA’s office has filed child endangerment charges against four parents for letting their kids illegally ride electric motorcycles. — Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endangerment
  1. risk
  2. jeopardy
  3. danger
  4. trouble
Noun
  • Handles up improves safety and hygiene during unloading, avoiding contact with eating surfaces and reducing injury risk.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Another is the contagion risk posed by having an unvaccinated child in a waiting room alongside infants and kids with immunodeficiencies.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of risk
Noun
  • Nate Thomas now is in serious jeopardy of not making the team along with fourth-round rookie Drew Shelton, although Shelton will have the benefit of the team rarely parting ways with rookies drafted in the top four rounds.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
  • If the purchase of the Pierre were to go through, Lutnick could get as much as $100 million for the penthouse, even as his neighbors were forced to sell and hundreds of hotel staffers’ jobs were put in jeopardy.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of jeopardy
Noun
  • The same goes for Brooks–who obviously was in no danger of being cut.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Read more on the rising dangers of living downstream from a glacier here.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of danger
Noun
  • The trouble was a bacterial abscess on the child’s neck, swollen, red, warm to the touch, about the size of a ping-pong ball, large enough to force the head into a tilt.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
  • At least five people died and dozens more were feared dead after a boat carrying West African migrants ran into trouble in the Atlantic Ocean.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of trouble

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“Endangerment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endangerment. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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