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noun
1.
(in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
2.
an act or instance of retaliation.
3.
the action or practice of using force, short of war, against another nation, to secure redress of a grievance.
4.
the forcible seizure of property or subjects in retaliation.
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Word Origin & History
reprisal
1419, "seizing property or citizens of another nation in retaliation for loss inflicted on one's own," from Anglo-Fr. reprisaille (1352), from O.Fr. reprisaille, from early It. ripresaglia, from ripreso, pp. of riprendere "take back," from L. reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see
EXPAND reprehend). General sense of "retaliation" is from 1710.
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Cultural Dictionary
reprisal definition
An act by which a nation seeks, short of war, to redress a wrong committed against it by another nation. Boycotts and blockades are common forms of reprisal.
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