verb/mə.na.se/
to threaten; to endanger, to jeopardise
“Une fois, il avait menacé d’intervenir pendant le service religieux.” — Once, he had threatened to intervene during the religious service.
Synonyms: proférer des menaces à l'encontre de, mettre en péril
Inherited from Old French menacier, manecier, from Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, from Latin minācia (“threat”). Equivalent to menace + -er.