Verb (used with object), : He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.    From Dictionary.com. 

France will not give up its nuclear weapons, because doing so would "jeopardise" its security.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference

Sepp Blatter, current FIFA president, also recently candidly admitted that any Team GB would, of course, "jeopardise" our separate standings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epolitix News] Reference

But to go back was to jeopardise the reputation of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference

However, you can hardly expect me to jeopardise the good name of my school.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spotted Hemlock]

They declined to jeopardise their lives on half pay, and went out on strike.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

But what we won't do is jeopardise the club to challenge to be one of those two.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tottenham will not bet their future on Champions League, says chairman] Reference

If these groups splinter then we need to ensure that this does not jeopardise the hard-won peace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

Wouldn't recognition next year be seen as being too risky and too likely to jeopardise that progress?.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

For these reasons he thought it would be "unwise to jeopardise this enterprise with ill-advised projects".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayibuye Editorial] Reference

If you decide to jeopardise this friendship of ours, I don't really have any idea what may become of our clique.    From Wordnik.com.  [babycartercl Diary Entry] Reference

He thinks, and then he says, in the circumstances I think rather than jeopardise my interests I think I should concede.    From Wordnik.com.  [INTERVIEW WITH DRUM, JOHANNESBURG, JANUARY 19551] Reference

He loved her too much to jeopardise her happiness, and she in turn had too much sense to throw her caution to the winds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]

Fourth, far from protecting the public, 42 days would jeopardise our security – generating a recruiting sergeant for terrorism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

They spoil a large quantity of fruit, and jeopardise the remainder by forcing the harvest before the crops are ready for gathering.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference

It's now a career offering lucrative opportunities across the media, and today's comics are understandably loth to jeopardise all that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talk politics, lose a crowd] Reference

But in a world of increasingly interconnected threats and opportunities, it will also jeopardise global security, peace and prosperity.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

We all abide by the Constitution as ANC members and leaders, and we will not do anything to jeopardise the gains we have made since 1994.    From Wordnik.com.  [Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Leadership Magazine's 'Tomorrow's Leaders' Convention] Reference

'At this point in such proceedings everyone gets very touchy indeed about who knows what, in order not to jeopardise any useful testimony.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Hilt]

Wintour later discovered that he had, in fact, pulled out because he was concerned publicity might jeopardise the dole money on which he depended.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexander McQueen: family and fashion royalty pay tributes at St Paul's] Reference

Bopape was summoned by the school's authorities and told to resign from the ANC and CPSA since his membership would jeopardise his future as a teacher.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Hlahane Bopape (1915 - 2004)] Reference

Fox is making clear that prolonging the life of the Vanguards would jeopardise the "continuous at sea deterrent" and would not represent value for money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Liam Fox 'refuses anything but minor delay' over Trident replacement] Reference

It seems that as long as the masses have bread and circuses all sorts of policies that will jeopardise their collective future can pass by under stealth.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Demand for sifted meal may be satisfied through limited production by local roller mills as long as such production does not jeopardise that of whole meal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Balls also warned that Darling's plans to halve the deficit over four years, which have been endorsed by David Miliband, could also jeopardise the recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ed Balls says £12bn windfall should be used to build affordable homes] Reference

He was, he said, on the point of encouraging more defections from Hizb ut Tahrir and could not afford to allow anything to jeopardise this delicate mission.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

He had also worried that he might jeopardise his place in the Republic of Ireland team but the manager, Giovanni Trapattoni, has assured him that is not the case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shay Given chooses to stay at Manchester City and fight for No1 place] Reference

The scale of proposed cuts may also jeopardise Britain's involvement in Cern, the Geneva-based home of the Large Hadron Collider high-energy particle physics project.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vince Cable will tell scientists they must pay their way] Reference

On the guts of the issue, he was very clear: although in general suspects should know the charges against the, this could not be allowed to jeopardise national security.    From Wordnik.com.  [The] Reference

The presence of a hostile patrol on the night of the raid would jeopardise everything and so it was determined to make an attempt to clear No Man's Land the night before.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference

On the guts of the issue, he was very clear: although in general suspects should know the charges against them, this could not be allowed to jeopardise national security.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

To this end, why would anyone in a position of political or scientific influence do anything to jeopardise their ingratiation with the soon to be new class of Super Oligarch's?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

I'm sure, like me, you received news that cuts in public funding could jeopardise Great Britain's chances of winning medals in 2012 with a mixture of relief and punch-the-air joy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Britain strikes gold in search for perfect Olympic excuse] Reference