peril

/ˈper-əl/

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin perīculum "test, trial, risk, danger," going back to *perei-tlom, from *perei- (of uncertain origin) + *-tlom, instrumental suffix (going back to Indo-European)

noun

  1. exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost : danger

  2. something that imperils or endangers : risk

fire put the city in peril

verb

  1. to expose to danger

noun

  1. a danger to Western civilization held to arise from expansion of the power and influence of eastern Asian peoples

  2. a threat to Western living standards from the influx of eastern Asian laborers willing to work for very low wages