noun
(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
• Syn: ↑criminal negligence
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑negligence, ↑carelessness, ↑neglect, ↑nonperformance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.