Threat

n. expression of intent to damage or injure, intimidation, danger

Threat may refer to: Concepts An act of coercion wherein a negative consequence is proposed to elicit response.Such an act of coercion between nations, a Threat of force (public international law)A probable impending danger or warning of impending danger, e.g. "a terrorist threat"Imminent threat, in international law, justifying immediate self-defense.
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Noun
1. something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
(synonym) menace
(hypernym) danger
(hyponym) yellow peril
2. a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"
(hypernym) warning
3. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
(hypernym) declaration
(hyponym) commination
4. a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
(synonym) terror, scourge
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

(n.)
To threaten.
  

(n.)
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
  

Capabilities, intentions, and attack methods of adversaries to exploit, or any circumstance or event with the potential to cause harm to, information or an information system. [NIS]