He's a war criminal on the loose and a genuine threat to kill thousands more at any time.

So I think it's a genuine threat from out there in the world.

His instincts knew a genuine threat when they saw one.

My question must be, is the threat genuine or a ploy?

Real sexual energy is a genuine threat to political authority.

And those encounters often seemed more like a thrill ride than a genuine threat.

They seem to have been regarded by the government of the time as a genuine threat to social order.

Of course not, but he faced a genuine threat to national survival.

There is also a genuine threat to public order.

Since the events of 11 September, terrorism has become a genuine threat.