Reprisal



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 政治或军事的) 报复
• ［英］ n. ( 政治或军事的) 报复 ( practice in retaliation for damage or loss suffered)
• ［记］ re ( 回) +prise ( =price 代价) +al -> 还给对方代价 -> 报复
• ［例］ take bloody reprisals against the enemy

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English reprisail, from Anglo-French reprisaile, from Medieval Latin represalia, from Old Italian rappresaglia, ultimately from ripreso, past participle of riprendere to take back, from ri- re- (from Latin re-) + prendere to take, from Latin prehendere — more at get
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. the act or practice in international law of resorting to force short of war in retaliation for damage or loss suffered
  • b. an instance of such action
• 2. obsolete prize
• 3. the regaining of something (as by recapture)
• 4. something (as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution — usually used in plural
• 5. a retaliatory act

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