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# endangerment

«endangerment» in Mova's school dictionary: **putting someone or something in danger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (endangerment; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Endangerment is putting someone or something in danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#m1)

2) (law) Endangerment is the crime of acting so carelessly that you put another person, especially a child, at serious risk, as in «child endangerment» or «reckless endangerment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A rare, formal word met in news, law and nature reports; in science it can describe how a species becomes endangered. In stories and the news it tells the reader that someone's careless choices put others at risk, even if nobody was hurt. Phrases: «child endangerment», «reckless endangerment», «endangerment of wildlife».

### examples

- The driver was charged with reckless endangerment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x1)
- Leaving a toddler alone in a hot car is child endangerment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x2)
- Pollution has led to the endangerment of many river fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x3)
- The report warned about the endangerment of rare birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x4)
- The judge said the man's actions caused the endangerment of everyone on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x5)
- Cutting down the forest increases the endangerment of orangutans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x6)

### note

Uncountable, formal. Built from «endanger» (to put in danger) + «-ment». Everyday speech usually says «putting people in danger» instead. Do not confuse with «endangered» (an adjective: an endangered species is at risk of dying out).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «endangerment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.