reprisal
/rɪˈpraɪzəl/noun
1- an act of retaliation报复, 报复行动：
three youths died in the reprisals which followed
三个年轻人在随后的报复行动中丧生
mass noun the threat of reprisal实行报复的威胁。
1.1
- mass noun historical the forcible seizure of a foreign subject or their goods as an act of retaliation〈史〉（对外国人或其货物的）报复性掳掠。
词源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French reprisaille, from medieval Latin reprisalia （'neuter plural'）, based on Latin repraehens- 'seized', from the verb repraehendere （see REPREHEND）. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent.