資料來源 : pyDict

報復,報仇,報復性劫掠

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reprisal \Re*pris"al\ (r?-priz"al), n. [F. repr?saille, It.
   ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L.
   reprehendere, reprehensum. See {Reprehend}, {Reprise}.]
   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. --Vattel (Trans.)

   4. Any act of retaliation. --Waterland.

   {Letters of marque and reprisal}. See under {Marque}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

reprisal
     n : a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime