From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcourt danger/death etccourt danger/death etcformalRISK to behave in a way that makes danger etc more likely To have admitted this would have courted political disaster. → court
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courted ... disaster• She knew that the longer the relationship lasted, the more she courted disaster.• Miletos, on the other hand, had courted disaster, and Branchidai had suffered. 