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Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.
revenge
vengeance
retaliation
retribution
1
Large blasts sometimes set off
reprisal
attacks against the minority Sunni community.
2
Then I presume this confiscation is in the nature of a
reprisal
.
3
I was glad to oblige, relieved to be momentarily free of
reprisal
.
4
Now was not the time for petty acts of
reprisal
,
he thought.
5
His hosts, therefore, remained ignorant of the cause of this terrible
reprisal
.
6
Thus began a round of
reprisal
killings that took five more lives.
7
The phrase kept running through his head: What would be the
reprisal
?
8
This was in
reprisal
for Aboriginal people killing cattle on the run.
9
So far, China hasn't mentioned iron ore as a potential target for
reprisal
.
10
An attack on either Modi or Gandhi could spark waves of
reprisal
violence.
11
The measures announced by the President constitute, in the main,
reprisal
.
12
The soldiers wish to give evidence by video because they fear
reprisal
attacks.
13
His supporters will be the targets and there would certainly be
reprisal
attacks.
14
Team officials feared
reprisal
actions could be taken against them if they remained.
15
It's hard to come forward because of the fear of
reprisal
and retribution.
16
Abuses during Seleka's nine-month rule triggered
reprisal
killings by local militia.
reprisal
reprisal attacks
reprisal killings
launch reprisal
prevent reprisal
reprisal actions