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  1. threats

    A threat is a communication of intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. Intimidation is a tactic used between conflicting parties to make the other timid or psychologically insecure for coercion or control. The act of intimidation for coercion is considered as a threat. Threatening or threatening behavior (or criminal threatening behavior) is the crime of intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of bodily injury. "Threat of harm generally involves a perception of injury...physical or mental damage...act or instance of injury, or a material and detriment or loss to a person."Some of the more common types of threats forbidden by law are those made with an intent to obtain a monetary advantage or to compel a person to act against their will. In most US states, it is an offense to threaten to (1) use a deadly weapon on another person; (2) injure another's person or property; or (3) injure another's reputation.

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  1. Threats

    The Threats are a punk band from Dalkeith and Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally formed in 1979 as the Reflectors, the band soon renamed themselves Threats.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. THREATS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Threats is ranked #31516 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Threats surname appeared 734 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Threats.

    88.1% or 647 total occurrences were Black.
    5.7% or 42 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3% or 22 total occurrences were White.
    3% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for threats »

  1. hatters

  2. shatter

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of threats in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of threats in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of threats in a Sentence

  1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

    I personally, and we spoke about this, am of the opinion that we should not now outbid each other with threats, we should speak to each other in a spirit of mutual respect.

  2. Nick Rasmussen:

    It's fair to say that we face more threats, coming at us from more places, involving more individuals than we have at any time since 9/11.

  3. Michael Pregent:

    If you simply allow the Shiite Muslim political parties, the 60 % population of Iraq, to form a government, Shiite Muslim parties will continue to have an unstable northern Iraq where threats are incubated.

  4. Yun Sun:

    The Chinese tried to to use saber rattling and use the rhetorical war in order to deter Pelosi's trip, and they went overboard with their threats, now Pelosi decided to have the trip and that leaves the Chinese hanging, because they can't really deliver.

  5. Robert White:

    The governor and others have knuckled under to the threats of big business and the LGBT lobby group.

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