in a situation where bad things can easily happen to you: used especially by social workers to describe children who are being treated badly by adults at home
to place a child on the at-risk register
Synonyms and related words
In a dangerous situation
unprotected
vulnerable
at risk
at-risk
adjectiveonly before noun
US
Other entries for this word
at riskphrase
at your own riskphrase
at the risk of doing somethingphrase
DEFINITIONS1
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in a situation where bad things can easily happen to you: used especially by social workers to describe children who are being treated badly by adults at home