jeopard

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The correct word is jeopard, but in any case there is no need for anything so farfetched and stilted.

From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose

And yet this reality of power an editor is ready to jeopard for the sake of gratifying his family by exposing them in Paris!

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

Else why should I jeopard my life by freeing you?

From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Crawford, Will

If it should prove otherwise, Congress can at any time amend those laws in such manner as, while subserving the public welfare, not to jeopard the rights, interests, and liberties of the people.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

It is a circumstance of no unusual occurrence, for a gale to alter its direction with so little warning, as greatly to jeopard the safety of a ship, or even to overwhelm her.

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore