dangerousness

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dangerousness

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  1. uncountable The state or quality of being dangerous. The D.C. Circuit held, however, that when the district court’s finding of dangerousness is based on the nature and circumstances of a defendant’s conduct on January 6, a defendant’s participation in the Capitol riot is not sufficient, standing alone, to justify a finding of dangerousness.

    Similar: dangerosity, hazardousness, perilousness, riskiness

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noun state or quality of being dangerous

Españolpeligrosidad
Portuguêsperigosidade, periculosidade
Françaisdangerosité
DeutschGefährlichkeit
Italianopericolosità
Русскийопа́сность opásnostʹ

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@misc{dangerousness_2026,
  title = {dangerousness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dangerousness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}