How to say "to threaten" in Russian?

Угрожать

"to threaten" is Угрожать in Russian.

Угрожать means "to threaten" in English.

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Word #1751 of 4,000 by frequency in Russian — level B1.

Example

Преступник продолжал угрожать заложникам всю ночь.

The criminal kept threatening the hostages all night.