peril

Noun

• 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
    

• a state of danger involving risk

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
  • drinking alcohol is a health hazard
    

Verb

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

• pose a threat to; present a danger to
  • The pollution is endangering the crops
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  risk , danger , riskiness , hazard , jeopardy , endangerment , queer , expose , scupper , endanger , jeopardize , jeopardise , menace , threaten , imperil