Definition of "audacious"

That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games

The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.

2014 August 21, “A brazen heist in Paris ”, in The New York Times‎