security risknoun [ C ]
uk/sɪˈkjʊə.rɪ.ti ˌrɪsk/us/sɪˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i ˌrɪsk/something or someone likely to cause danger or difficulty:
The only reason she was considered a security risk was because her husband was a foreigner.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- perilous
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- treacherous
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