WordNet
risky venture
n. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) [syn: adventure, escapade, dangerous undertaking]
Usage examples of "risky venture".
But after the present disaster this gentleman showed no further interest in sinking additional capital in such a risky venture.
Jingu would hardly send weak men on such a risky venture, for all his standing and his honour rested on not being held responsible.
Their going among the Willimites was a somewhat risky venture, for the martyred Saint Willim had been a victim of Deryni ill use, and his adherents believed Deryni to be the Devil's own spawn, deserving a suitably terrible fate unless they recanted their detestable heritage.
If Hilar was tiptoeing round the edges of a risky venture, Ryllin would have known at once.