threaten
verb (used with object)
to utter a threat against; menace.
threatener
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a word derived from
threaten.
Example Sentences
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Condos said in an interview that he expected the threatener would face no consequences under state law.
From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2022
But how would the government prove whether this threat in the mind of the threatener was genuine?”
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2014
The issue before the Supreme Court is whether "a true threat" requires finding that the threatener subjectively intended to be threatening.
From The Verge ● Nov. 26, 2014
“This case, the standard was would a reasonable person think that the words would put someone in fear, and reasonable people can make that judgment. But how would the government prove whether this threat in the mind of the threatener was genuine?”
From Washington Post
Everybody was grateful for Allen's reduction to the ranks, and for his transformation from a doer of outrages to a mere threatener of them.
From The American Claimant by Mark Twain
