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

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)

Halliwell gives the verb juberd and defines it as "to jeopard or endanger."

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward

Was I bound to jeopard all the common good of life for the chance of—just failing to know existence from a higher plane?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

Jane got to her feet with such suddenness as to jeopard the entire China population of the tea-table.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel