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reprisal - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'reprisal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reprisal [ n.]
- The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
- Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.
- Any act of retaliation.