Danger for the Italian (5)

I believe the answer is:

peril

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'danger' is the definition.
(peril is a kind of danger)

'for the italian' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'per' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the italian' becomes 'il' ('the' in Italian).
'per'+'il'='PERIL'

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(Other definitions for peril that I've seen before include "Immediate danger" , "Danger of serious kind" , "Great danger" , "Danger, jeopardy" , "Exposure to harm" .)

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