Definition of "risked" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of risk. (verb)

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• "This, of course, being the same unfortunate child who Palin risked by flying to Texas and back (with water broken) and then driving a long distance back home, and not bothering to stop at a hospital to see if all was OK."
• "It added the word "risked" - as in condoms "risked aggravating the problems" - to the version on the Vatican website on Wednesday."
• "If he lost the bet, McCain risked 1) being identified with a massive unpopular federal spending program, 2) being seen as political show-boater who inserted politics into an otherwise orderly process and 3) a candidate who would rather not debate Barack Obama."