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reprisal
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 action2obsolete : prize3: the regaining of something (as by recapture)4: something (as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution —usually used in plural5: a retaliatory act
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