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Term: Reprisals

Description:

Reprisals refer to retaliatory actions that are taken in response to grievances, offenses, or acts of aggression. They can be both legal and illegal, involving various degrees of severity.

Parts of Speech:

• Noun: The act or process of seeking revenge or retaliation.

Senses and Usages:

1. Retaliatory or punitive actions taken against an individual, group, or nation.

Example Sentence: The country threatened to launch reprisals if their territorial boundaries were violated.

2. Acts of revenge aimed at balancing an unfair treatment or offense.

Example Sentence: The mob carried out brutal reprisals on those who had wronged their leader.

3. Revenge or retaliation for an earlier action or argument.

Example Sentence: In a fit of anger, she unleashed a series of reprisals against her former friend.

Related Products:

To delve deeper into the topic of reprisals, you may find the following books useful:

• Reprisals: On the Military Strategy of Revolutionary War
• Retaliation: The Ethics and Politics of Revenge
• Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Unit