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reprisal
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural reprisals
plural reprisals
Learner's definition of REPRISAL
: something that is done to hurt or punish someone who has hurt you or done something bad to you报复（行为）
[count]
- Enemy officers suffered harsh reprisals.敌军军官遭到了严厉的报复。
- The allies threatened economic reprisals against the invading country.盟国以经济报复威胁入侵国。
[noncount]
- The prisoners kept silent for fear of reprisal. [=punishment]囚犯们保持沉默，唯恐遭受报复。
- The hostages were taken in reprisal for the bombing.为了报复那次轰炸，有人质被劫持。
reprisal
noun
re·pri·sal ri-ˈprī-zəl 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Enemy officers suffered harsh reprisals. The allies threatened economic reprisals against the invading country. The hostages were taken in reprisal for the bombing.
Recent Examples on the Web Stepan, a 41-year-old member of the IT army, spoke to ABC News but asked not to use his real name because of fears of reprisal. 
Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2022 Israel arrested one of the group’s senior commanders in the West Bank this week, leading to threats of reprisal from its Gaza leadership. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 That has especially been the case for donors who support controversial causes and when revealing their identity might subject them to harassment, threats, public hostility or other forms of reprisal. Lucinda M. Finley, The Conversation, 28 June 2022 There was, however, no immediate evidence that this town was targeted in an act of Russian reprisal. New York Times, 1 July 2022 The 39-year-old owns a research firm in Afghanistan that worked significantly with the U.S. government on women’s empowerment issues and asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal against the firm and his family. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021 Both workers requested anonymity for fear of reprisal. Eli M. Rosenberg, NBC News, 22 July 2022 Half a dozen Iranian film personalities declined to be interviewed for this article for fear of reprisal. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 July 2022 We will not be rendered invisible, made to hide our family pictures at our work desks for fear of reprisal if our right to gainful employment gets stripped. Allison Hope, CNN, 1 June 2022 See More
Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2022 Israel arrested one of the group’s senior commanders in the West Bank this week, leading to threats of reprisal from its Gaza leadership. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 That has especially been the case for donors who support controversial causes and when revealing their identity might subject them to harassment, threats, public hostility or other forms of reprisal. Lucinda M. Finley, The Conversation, 28 June 2022 There was, however, no immediate evidence that this town was targeted in an act of Russian reprisal. New York Times, 1 July 2022 The 39-year-old owns a research firm in Afghanistan that worked significantly with the U.S. government on women’s empowerment issues and asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal against the firm and his family. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021 Both workers requested anonymity for fear of reprisal. Eli M. Rosenberg, NBC News, 22 July 2022 Half a dozen Iranian film personalities declined to be interviewed for this article for fear of reprisal. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 July 2022 We will not be rendered invisible, made to hide our family pictures at our work desks for fear of reprisal if our right to gainful employment gets stripped. Allison Hope, CNN, 1 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English reprisail, from Anglo-French reprisaile, from Medieval Latin represalia, from Old Italian rappresaglia, ultimately from ripreso, past participle of riprendere to take back, from ri- re- (from Latin re-) + prendere to take, from Latin prehendere — more at get
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a
Time Traveler
The first known use of reprisal was in the 15th century noun
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