dan·ger·ous adj
1: creating a risk of bodily injury
a dangerous condition of a public building
2: able or likely to inflict esp. serious bodily injury
a dangerous criminal with no regard for human life
a dangerous animal; also: deadly
3: likely to engage in repeated criminal activity
a dangerous offender
◇ The activity that an offender is likely to engage in need not involve violence in order for the offender to be deemed dangerous.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.