reprisal
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/
reprisal
- An act of retaliation.
- (archaic) Something taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- (archaic) The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.
- 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (
please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:
- See also Thesaurus:revenge
- French: représailles
- German: Vergeltungsmaßnahme, Repressalie, Vergeltungsschlag, Vergeltungsakt
- Russian: распра́ва
- Spanish: represalia
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