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Vinony

reprisal

noun

  1. limited and deliberate violation of international law to punish another sovereign state
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/

noun

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend).

  1. An act of retaliation.
  2. Something taken from an enemy in retaliation.
  3. The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.

    “debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place”