reprisal

reprisal

retaliation against an enemy; redress; revenge

Not to be confused with:

reprise – to repeat; in music: a return to the first theme

re·pri·sal

 (rĭ-prī′zəl)

n.

1. The act or an instance of retaliating for a loss or injury.

2. The act or practice of forcibly seizing an enemy's goods or citizens in retaliation for a loss or injury inflicted.

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[Middle English reprisail, from Old French reprisaille, from Old Italian ripresaglia, from ripreso, past participle of riprendere, to take back, from Latin reprehendere, reprēndere, to take hold of; see reprehend.]

reprisal

(rɪˈpraɪzəl)

n

1. (Military) (often plural) retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime, such as the execution of prisoners of war, destruction of property, etc

2. the act or an instance of retaliation in any form

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (formerly) the forcible seizure of the property or subjects of one nation by another

[C15: from Old French reprisaille, from Old Italian ripresaglia, from riprendere to recapture, from Latin reprehendere to hold fast; see reprehend]

re•pris•al

(rɪˈpraɪ zəl)

n.

1. retaliation against an enemy by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.

2. an act or instance of retaliation.

3. the action or practice of using countermeasures against another nation to secure redress of a grievance.

[1400–50; late Middle English reprisail < Old French reprisaille. See reprise, -al²]

syn: See revenge.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

reprisal - a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime retaliation, revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense

reprisal

noun retaliation, revenge, vengeance, retribution, an eye for an eye, counterstroke, requital fear of reprisal or ostracism

reprisal

noun

The act of retaliating:

counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, reciprocation, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, tit for tat, vengeance.

Idioms: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, like for like , measure for measure .

Translations

عَمَل إنْتِقامي

odveta

gengældelse

RepressalieVergeltungsmaßnahme

représaillereprésailles

refsiaîgerî

rappresaglia

atkeršijimasatsakomasis veiksmas

atmaksaatriebība

gjengjeldelsesaksjonrepresalie

misilleme

报复

reprisal

[rɪˈpraɪzəl] N → represalia f
to take reprisals → tomar represalias
as a reprisal for → como represalia por
by way of reprisal → a modo de represalia

reprisal

[rɪˈpraɪz^əl] n → représailles fpl
to take reprisals → user de représailles

reprisal

n (→ gegen) → Vergeltungsmaßnahme f; (between companies, countries etc also) → Repressalie f; to take reprisals → zu Repressalien greifen; as a reprisal for → als Vergeltung für

reprisal

[rɪˈpraɪz/əl] n reprisals npl → rappresaglie fpl
to take reprisals → fare delle rappresaglie
as a reprisal for → come rappresaglia per

reprisal

(rəˈpraizəl) noun

something bad done to someone in return for something bad he has done to one; an act of revenge. terugkry, wraak عَمَل إنْتِقامي наказателно действие represália odveta die Vergeltungsmaßnahme gengældelse αντίποιναrepresalia kättemaks خونخواهی؛ انتقام kostotoimi représailles פְּעוּלַת תַּגמוּל बदला odmazda, milo za drago megtorlás pembalasan refsiaðgerð rappresaglia 報復 보복 atkeršijimas, atsakomasis veiksmas atmaksa; atriebība balas dendam represaillegjengjeldelsesaksjon, represalieodwet يرغمل، بده ، غچ ، كسات بيرته نيونه: تلافى represália represalii ответная мера odveta maščevanje odmazda vedergällning, repressalie[åtgärd] การแก้แค้น misilleme 報復(行動) дія у відповідь انتقامی کاررواءی sự trả thù 报复