They want us to now send them the full security deposit back or they will require us to pay for his hospital bills (I assume the implied threat there is they will sue).

Many folks in prison are more of a threat to other criminals than they are to you and me.

Just say it's a threat to our national security.

THEY DON'T DO HOMEWORK ON THE HOUSE THEY BUY, THEY THREAT OCCUPANTS IN HOUSE. 

To answer the seismic threat question a bit more-you can always reach out to a couple companies around town and ask them the cost and concerns of retrofitting concrete block construction vs. stick-built vs. brick. 

I never really cared much for this "threat." 

The fall of the Berlin Wall signaled to many of us, that other than some small country getting their hands on a nuclear weapon the threat of nuclear bombs had passed.Now that threat has been resurrected by Putin in the invasion of Ukraine. 

In your conversation with the planning and zoning commission, you might ask what they think about this threat.

That's why I said be careful.It is easy for them to take those that work for you, put words in their mouths at the threat of prosecution, and then they can come after you with witnesses.

Bush’s presidency, the country as a whole experienced zero net job creation, and the continuing decline in middle-class jobs is arguably the largest single threat to the economy’s viability.