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Reprisal - What does it mean?

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reprisal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • * Macaulay
    • debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place

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