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 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