Definition of reprisal Reprisal
/ɹipɹajˈzʌl/ - [reeprayzul] - re•pris•al
We found 11 definitions of reprisal from 7 different sources.
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What does reprisal mean?
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NounPlural: reprisals |
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| reprisal - a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime |
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Wiktionary 
- reprisal (Noun)
Act of retaliation.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- reprisal (n.)
The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. - reprisal (n.)
Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation. - reprisal (n.)
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. - reprisal (n.)
Any act of retaliation.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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reprisal
Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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reprisal
The taking one thing in satisfaction for another, as the seizing of ships and goods for injury inflicted; a right exerted, though no actual war be commenced. It is authorized by the law of nations if justice has been solemnly called for and denied. The word is synonymous with marque in our admiralty courts. -
reprisal
Is the retaking a vessel from the enemy before she has arrived in any neutral or hostile port. If a vessel thus retaken has been 24 hours in the possession of an enemy, she is deemed a lawful recapture; but if within that time, she is merely detenu, and must be wholly restored to the owner. An amount of salvage is sometimes awarded to the re-captors. Also, if a vessel has from any cause been abandoned by the enemy, before he has taken her into any port, she is to be restored to the original proprietor. (See SALVAGE.)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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reprisal
Is the retaking, from an enemy, goods which he has seized, or the capture from him of other goods, as an equivalent for the damage he has wrought.
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🔤- reprisal, noun, singular of reprisals.
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