jeopardize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jeopardize
    v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
         endangering the crops" [syn: {endanger}, {jeopardize},
         {jeopardise}, {menace}, {threaten}, {imperil}, {peril}]
    2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn:
       {venture}, {hazard}, {adventure}, {stake}, {jeopardize}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jeopardize \jeop"ard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jeopardized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Jeopardizing}.]
   To expose to loss or injury; to risk.

   Syn: jeopard.
        [1913 Webster]

              That he should jeopardize his willful head
              Only for spite at me.               --H. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "jeopardize":
      compromise, encounter danger, endanger, expose, gamble,
      gamble with, hazard, imperil, incur danger, jeopard, jeopardy,
      lay open, menace, peril, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk,
      threaten, venture

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