1 Something in jeopardy is in danger of being damaged or destroyed:
Bad investments have put the company’s future in jeopardy.
2 in danger of being harmed or destroyed:
The deal could be in jeopardy if it emerges the company is engaged in activities prohibited by the US government.
The 1.2 billion euro investment programme was being put in jeopardy by the strikes.
Constitutions, and the rule of law, therefore, greatly alleviate the jeopardy associated with unlimited discretion.
The pulmonary arterial supply was already in jeopardy, and the duct was virtually closed.
This article looks at the social status of elderly women in an empirical test of the double jeopardy hypothesis.
On the debating courtyard, monks deliberately place this ideology in jeopardy.
Gendered ageism : a double jeopardy for women in organizations.
They suggest that those who age in rural areas are subject to double jeopardy.
As children suffer most at an age when they are both growing and learning, the entire developmental process is placed in jeopardy.
Sometimes, because of the pregnancy, the relationship is in jeopardy.
