reprisal
re‧pri‧sal /rɪˈpraɪzəl/ noun [uncountable and countable]
جبران، انتقام، تلافی کردن، حقوقی: در معنی سیاسی یکی از وسایلی است که دولتها برای مجبور کردن طرف به حل مسالمت آمیز اختلافات به آن متوسل می شوند در این حالت هر دولت روشها و اعمال ممکنه را به استثناء عملیات نظامی برای وادار کردن طرف به تسلیم به نظر خود به کار می برد
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Synonyms & Related Wordsreprisal[noun]Synonyms: retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance
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English Dictionaryre‧pri‧sal /rɪˈpraɪz
əl/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: reprisaille, from Old Italian, from riprendere 'to take back']
something violent or harmful which you do to punish someone for something bad they have done to you ⇒
revenge,
retaliation:
They didn’t tell the police for fear of reprisal.reprisal against There were reprisals against unarmed civilians.in reprisal (for something) Alfred was shot in reprisal for the killing of a rival gang member. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsreprisal noun ADJ. bloody, savage VERB + REPRISAL take The gang threatened to take reprisals against them.
threaten (sb with) | suffer She tried to persuade the soldiers that they would not suffer reprisals if they surrendered.
expect, fear REPRISAL + NOUN attack, raid PREP. in ~ for A dozen hostages were shot in reprisal for the killing of an army officer.
~ against reprisals against witnesses for the evidence they have given
~ from reprisals from angry fans PHRASES fear of reprisals [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲