Threatening+harm
11Involuntary commitment — For involuntary treatment in non hospital settings, see involuntary treatment. Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness is court ordered into treatment in a… …
12menace — [men′əs] n. [OFr < L minacia < minax (gen. minacis), projecting, threatening < minari, to threaten < minae, threats, orig. projecting points of walls < IE base * men , to project > Cornish meneth, mountain] 1. a threat or the… …
13imminent — a. 1. Impending, threatening, impendent, near at hand. 2. Threatening harm, perilous, dangerous, alarming …
14Vorkosigan Saga — The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.[1] Most of these were published between 1986 and 2002, with the exceptions being “Winterfair… …
15insidious — insidious, invidious Since both words involve doing or threatening harm, their closeness of form causes them to be commonly confused. Insidious (from Latin insidiae ‘ambush’) means ‘proceeding inconspicuously but harmfully’ • (An insidious form… …
16invidious — insidious, invidious Since both words involve doing or threatening harm, their closeness of form causes them to be commonly confused. Insidious (from Latin insidiae ‘ambush’) means ‘proceeding inconspicuously but harmfully’ • (An insidious form… …
17baleful — [bāl′fəl] adj. [ME < OE bealoful < bealu,BALE2 + ful, full] 1. harmful or threatening harm or evil; ominous; deadly 2. Archaic sorrowful; wretched SYN. SINISTER balefully adv. balefulness n …
18sinister — [sin′is tər] adj. [ME sinistre < L sinister, left hand, or unlucky (side), orig. lucky (side) < IE base * sene , to prepare, achieve > Sans sánīyān, more favorable: early Roman augurs faced south, with the east (lucky side) to the left,… …
19intimidation of a witness — threatening a witness with harm if he testifies at all or in a particular fashion …
20Hate speech — is a term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability …