Definition of jeopardy

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jeop·ard·y    (jpr-d) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. jeop·ard·ies

1. Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger.
2. Law A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English juperti, from Old French jeu parti, even game, uncertainty : jeu, game (from Latin iocus, joke, game; see yek- in Indo-European roots) + parti, past participle of partir, to divide (from Latin partre, from pars , part-, part; see part )

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