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as in reparation
usually reprisals plural
payment to another for a loss or injury
a peace agreement that was rejected because it contained no provisions for reprisals
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as in retaliation
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
after defeating them last year in the finals, our team nervously awaited the expected reprisal by our archrivals in this year's tournament
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Recent Examples of reprisal
Hansen, a carriage horse driver herself, said the decision to stay off the streets was part heartbreak for Deniz and part fear of reprisals.
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Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
And many fear reprisals from the government for speaking out.
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Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
7 June 2026
Candidates who challenge the powerful can draw strong but silent support, because there is open fear of reprisals from city officials against those who back any challenger to the people in charge.
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Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
The young father, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, said the driver seemed to follow him down an alley off Pico Boulevard.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
And many fear reprisals from the government for speaking out.
—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
7 June 2026
Candidates who challenge the powerful can draw strong but silent support, because there is open fear of reprisals from city officials against those who back any challenger to the people in charge.
—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
The young father, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, said the driver seemed to follow him down an alley off Pico Boulevard.
—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprisal
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Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income.
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Calls for reparations have increased in recent years, reaching a crescendo with the UN designation in March — though the US, UK and a host of other countries either rejected the claim or abstained from voting on it.
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Potential jurors questioned on harassment, retaliation A jury pools of roughly 300 Johnson County residents was whittled down to 110 on Monday morning before attorneys began their questions.
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No connection between the two investigations was alleged, though police said in the wake of the mass shooting that there were concerns about gang retaliation.
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The lawsuit also seeks unspecified financial damages.
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The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million in damages.
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For the admiral, this has always been a revenge mission against the Sea Snake, the man who has ruled the Narrow and Summer Seas for far too long, killing her friends along the way.
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The admiral's swagger, battlefield bravado and desire for revenge will be sung by the bards of Westeros, and serve as a breakthrough showcase for Thorn, a playwright and YouTuber, who came out as a transgender woman in a January 2021 video on her Philosophy Tube channel.
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Mtula Payton and Dandrae Martin turned a downtown Sacramento street corner bustling with nightlife into a battleground in a gang shootout fueled by rivalry and retribution, a Sacramento County prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.
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Now, after both pleading guilty, the duo that was initially scheduled for a federal court sentencing back in April will face their legal retribution later this month.
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“Reprisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprisal. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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