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Definition of Reprisal
1. Noun. A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime.
Definition of Reprisal
1. n. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
Definition of Reprisal
1. Noun. act of retaliation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reprisal
1. an act of retaliation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprisal
Literary usage of Reprisal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Newcastle to Geraldino,1 justifying the issue of letters of reprisal against
Spain.—SP Foreign, Foreign Ministers &c 59, 28th April. ..."
2. International Law and the World War by James Wilford Garner (1920)
"The threat was effective, and they were released.2 § 357- Other reprisals and
Threats of reprisal. In the summer of 1915 the German government threatened to ..."
3. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"To the question whether we had any thing to expect in reparation for past wrongs ?
they reply, that their act being of reprisal, the law of reprisal must ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"They are harmless, and at any rate are more common in advertising matter than in
other contexts. reprisal Bernstein 1965 notes that reprisal “takes ..."
5. International Law with Illustrative Cases by Edwin Maxey (1906)
"Mr. Field makes the following classification of reprisals: " a reprisal which
consists in the refusal to perform a perfect obligation, or to permit the ..."
6. School Civics: An Outline Study of the Origin and Development of Government by Frank David Boynton (1919)
"Letters of Marque and reprisal: Captures. It will be noticed that the same clause
that gives Congress power to declare war gives it also the power to ..."
7. Whistleblower Protection: Va Did Little Until Recently to Inform Employees by Michael Brostek, Richard W. Caradine (2001)
"These actions may have been based on violations of prohibited personnel practices
other than whistleblower reprisal even though whistleblower reprisal was ..."
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