peril (
http://definr.com/peril)
n 1: a source of danger; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
[syn:
hazard,
jeopardy,
risk]
2: a state of danger involving risk [syn:
riskiness]
3: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or
injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime";
"there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn:
risk,
danger]
v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
endangering the crops" [syn:
endanger,
jeopardize,
jeopardise,
menace,
threaten,
imperil]
2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn:
queer,
expose,
scupper,
endanger]