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# endangerment

noun (endangerment; uncountable)

«endangerment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Endangerment is putting someone or something in danger. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x1)
- Leaving a toddler alone in a hot car is child endangerment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x2)
- Pollution has led to the endangerment of many river fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x3)
- The report warned about the endangerment of rare birds. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/#x5)
- Cutting down the forest increases the endangerment of orangutans. [tree →](https://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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «endangerment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endangerment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«endangerment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/endangerment.html) on Mova free.