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reprisal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reprisal \Re*pris"al\ (r?-priz"al), n. [F. repr?saille, It ripresaglia rappresaglia LL reprensaliae fr L. reprehendere, reprehensum See {Reprehend}, {Reprise}.] 1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place --Macaulay. 2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation. 3. 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. --Vattel (Trans.) 4. Any act of retaliation. --Waterland. {Letters of marque and reprisal}. See under {Marque}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reprisal n : a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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