re·pri·sal /rɪˈpraɪzəl/
報復,報仇,報復性劫掠
Re·pris·al n.
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.
4. Any act of retaliation.
Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.
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reprisal
n : a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime