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jeopardy
[ jep-er-dee ]
noun
- hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury:
For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
Antonyms: security
- peril or danger:
The spy was in constant jeopardy of being discovered.
Antonyms: security
- Law. the danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial.
jeopardy
/ ˈdʒɛpədɪ /
noun
- danger of injury, loss, death, etc; risk; peril; hazard
his health was in jeopardy
- law danger of being convicted and punished for a criminal offence See also double jeopardy
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Example Sentences
On Friday, she sacked Roger Goodell, basically asking: “Hey Commissioner, ever hear of double-jeopardy?”
I wish there were nothing for me to do but to take my Jeopardy!
Even if you count the time I spent prepping for my original Jeopardy!
In the semifinals, she was in a peculiar position for someone of Jeopardy!
They banter with Alex Trebek and tell stories of life after Jeopardy!
I am not fool enough to put my precious Naps in jeopardy, just when I am so deucedly in want of them, too.
How fervent their prayers for their companions in tribulation, when they themselves stood in jeopardy every hour!
In the former case man's most valued possession, his life, is in jeopardy, and his utmost powers are exerted for its preservation.
Um longed to return for her straw sandals, but this freedom of the night was already far too precious for jeopardy.
To try and compel them to pay was tantamount to placing liberty and even life in jeopardy.
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