Warn someone you may inflict harm (8)

I believe the answer is:

threaten

(Other definitions for threaten that I've seen before include "Be menacing" , "Cow" , "Utter menaces" , "Look likely to" , "indicate danger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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