JEOPARDIZE
venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize
(verb) put at risk; “I will stake my good reputation for this”
endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
(verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to; “The pollution is endangering the crops”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
jeopardize (third-person singular simple present jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, simple past and past participle jeopardized)
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
Source: Wiktionary
Jeop"ard*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeopardized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jeopardizing.]
Definition: To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.
That he should jeopardize his willful head Only for spite at me. H.
Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition